etríma
Keywords: psychology, mind
| Pronunciation (IPA): | e'dri.ma |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | noxaj |
| Forms: | etríma, etrímas |
| Glosses: | memory, remember, recall, recollection, memorable, interesting |
Description:
The term 'etríma' is transparently derived from the term 'trima', image, and is a word for forming and recalling memories. Despite its association with image it can mean remembering any sense.
Noun:
As a noun, etríma means 'memory', either a specific memory or memory in general, although that sense can also be conveyed by the derived form 'etrímasyn'.
Verb:
As a verb, 'etríma' is a semitransitive noxaj verb meaning to commit something to memory or to recall. It takes an absolutive rememberer, and a dative thing remembered, often expressed as a dependent clause. The sense of 'memorize', 'commit to memory' can be emphasized colloquially by using the pali disintentive and noting the thing memorized as a prepositional phrase introduced with 'u'. Example:
We se etríma u naz jentor naz sifysyn na Sufetysyn.
I am memorising the capitals of the New World Order states.
Modifier:
The modifier form 'etrímas' means 'memorable', or 'interesting'.