Common Lexeme

uhéru

Keywords: weather, physics

Pronunciation (IPA): u'he.ru 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: pali 
Forms: uhéru, uhérus 
Glosses: thaw, melt, melted 

Description:

The term 'uhéru' has to do with melting. It looks like it has a derivational relationship with 'eru', 'water', and it may be designed to give that impression, but it is actually an Old Common word created by Davidson. It stereotypically pertains to water but can refer to anything capable of melting, and is the word used for the phase transition from solid to liquid to physics.

Verb:

As a verb, 'uhéru' is an intrasitive pali verb with an absolutive thing melting or thawing. It can be used as a skurun causative with an ergative agent causing the melting added.

Uhéru is also able to undergo avent shift - the avalent form 'zres uhéru' means to thaw as in general weather conditions.

Noun:

As a noun, 'uhéru' means the result of thaw, or an episode of thawing as in weather.

Modifier:

As a modiifer, 'uhérus' means thawed or melted.

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