Common Lexeme

tefekat

Keywords: bodily functions, technical

Pronunciation (IPA): 'te.ve.gat 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: pali 
Forms: tefekat 
Glosses: feces, defecate 

Description:

The term 'tefekat' is borrowed from the English word 'defecate', and was one of the words added to the Common language in the early modern period to boost the technical vocabulary. It doesn't have much use outside of clinical settings. As a noun, it means feces. As a very, it is an intransitive pali verb with an absolutive subject which is the defecator.

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