tefekat
Keywords: bodily functions, technical
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'te.ve.gat |
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| 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.