Common Lexeme

urinat

Keywords: bodily functions, technical

Pronunciation (IPA): 'u.ri.nat 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: pali 
Forms: urinat, urinatkija 
Glosses: urination, urinate, urinal 

Description:

The term 'urinat' was borrwed into the language from English technical vocabulary in the early modern period to serve as a technical, medical term for urination. As a noun it means urination, and as a very it is an intransitive pali verb meaning to urinate, with an asolutive subject that is the one urinating. It is technical and clinical and not much used outside of that context, since if one wants to talk about urination euphemistically, one can say 'wero eru'. See the entry on 'eru'.

The derived form 'urinatkija' is a word for 'urinal'.

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