Common Lexeme

pocuk

Keywords: people, family

Pronunciation (IPA): 'po.d͡ʒuk 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class:  
Forms: pocuk 
Glosses: child, girl, boy 

Description:

A 'child' in the sense of an immature human. It's most prototypical referent is anywhere in age form toddler to puberty, although it can be applied to infants and teenagers. It can have the sense of 'son' or 'daughter' (i.e., 'offspring') as well, idiomatically. Pocuk doesn't have a sense as a verb in common currency.

Pocuk has a somewhat negative connotation, as most words for young people do, As such, it can also be used as a very rude and condescending way to refer to an adult, such as an indentured labourer.

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