lelu
Keywords: animals, animal harvesting
Pronunciation (IPA): | 'le.lu |
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Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
Class: | pali |
Forms: | lelu, lelusyn |
Glosses: | fish, fishery |
Description:
The term 'lelu' is the general term for fish. In Common, people understand the difference between fish and other aquatic vertebrates like whales, and 'lelu' is limited to bony and cartilaginous fish in a way that Englihs peakers would find familiar.
Lelu can also be used as a verb. As a verb it is an intransitive pali verb meaning 'to catch fish', possibly a calque from English. It takes an absolutive subject who is the fisher.
The derived form 'lelusyn' means 'fishery'.