handy, dexterous (of a person: skillful with one's hands) · handy, useful, practical, nifty (useful, easy to use, easy to get results with) · convenient, nifty, handy (making life easy)
köken: Possibly from Proto-Sabaki *-elela (“to be clear”), in which case by surface analysis, -elea (“to be clear”) + -vu, but the -l- turning into an -r- is unexplained. Compare Giryama -elevu, which seems cognate but shows -l- where -r- would have been expected.
to be suitable, be sufficient, be meet, be proper; to fit; to suffice, be enough · to be related · to be good at; to be clever, skillful
eş: လောက်
köken: According to STEDT: * The "related" sense is from a Proto-Tibeto-Burman *daw (“to be related”), with Jingpho dō (“related”) as the only adduced cognate. * The "suitable" (as well as perhaps "clever") senses are from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *taːp ~ *m-daw (“capable, fit, beautiful”), and cognate with Jingpho htap (“beautiful, capable”). The "rumbling noise", "stop", and "honorific" senses are not…