xoffu
Keywords: domestic, food, industry, science
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'ʃof.fu |
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| Part of Speech: | term verb noun |
| Class: | skurun |
| Forms: | xoffu, xoffus, xoffuka |
| Glosses: | mix, stir, blend, dough, paste, batter, blended, mixed, stirred |
Description:
The term 'xoffu' is a word from Old Common meaning to mix, blend or stir, with the implication of complete or homogeneous blending of components.
Verb:
As a verb, 'xoffu' is a transitive skurun verb meaning to stir, mix or blend, taking an ergative mixer who is either the person or agent causing the mixing or a device used to mix, and an absolutive thing mixed.
To express the idea of mixing the object into a larger mixture, introduce the larger mixture with ufít. To express the idea of mixing the object into something else without gving primacy to the other thing, use usútta.
Noun:
As a noun, 'xoffu' means something that is blended or mixed, and in modern High Common has supplanted 'nof' as the main word for dough ('nof' in turn has come to mean 'bread, cake' and displaced 'porot' for 'bread' completely). The derived form 'xoffuka' is used interchangeably for much the same meaning, but in cases where something is added to an existing mix, the peaker might use 'xoffu' for the existing mix, and 'xoffuka' for the mixture after adding the additional component.
Modifier:
The modifier form 'xoffus' means blended or mixed.