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Etymology 1
→ * →

From. First attested in the  of 712.

Possibly a compound of 🇰🇲.

Particle

 * 1) only, limited to

Adverb

 * 1) alone
 * 2) merely

Etymology 2
Possibly derived from, the nominalized of verb , from the way that fleas drink the host's blood.

Noun

 * 1) flea

Derived terms

 * : a flea market

Idioms

 * : “[like] a flea [carrying] a tea mortar” → a metaphor for an unreasonable or infeasible hope

Noun

 * 1) chisel used for wood

Noun

 * 1) drinking