kaj
Keywords: people, family
Pronunciation (IPA): | kaj |
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Part of Speech: | term noun |
Class: | |
Forms: | kaj |
Glosses: | guy, person |
Description:
The term 'kaj' is generally only used as a noun, and is a general word that means any human, but typically an adult. It has a casual and hence mildly negative or disrespectul connotation, unless used with familiars and intimates. It was borrowed in the late early period form the English word 'guy' but today does not have a masculine connotation. It can take any typical gender modifier, but generally doesn't.