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Headword: *nh=ma
Adler number: nu,316
Translated headword: thread
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
and [in the plural] nh/mata ["threads"]. From the [verb] nh/qw, meaning I spin.
Certainly [formed] out of nw=, [future] nh/sw.[1]
Greek Original:
*nh=ma: kai\ nh/mata. e)k tou= nh/qw, to\ klw/qw. ma/lista e)k tou= nw=, nh/sw.
Notes:
This correctly identifies νέω "spin" (LSJ s.v. ne/w B) as the origin of nh=ma "thread".
[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 603.35.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 23 September 2009@07:01:48.
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David Whitehead (another note; tweaks and cosmetics) on 23 September 2009@09:02:55.
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