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#cilme

noun. choice

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cilmë

choosing

#cilmë noun "choosing" (isolated from Essecilmë "name-choosing", q.v.) (MR:214); also in #cilmessë pl. cilmessi ("k") "self-names", literally names of personal choice (PM:339) (cilmë + essi, hence *"choice-names").

cilmë

noun. choice, choosing, choice, choosing, *selection

Cognates

  • ᴺS. cilith “choice, choosing, *selection”

Derivations

  • KIL “choose, select, choose, select; [ᴹ√] divide; [ᴱ√] edge” ✧ PE22/149

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KIL > kilmē[kilmē] > [kilme]✧ PE22/149

Variations

  • kilmē ✧ PE22/149
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