uéru
Keywords: childish term, body parts, bodily functions
| Pronunciation (IPA): | u'e.ru |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | uéru |
| Glosses: | pee-pee, penis, urethra, urinate |
Description:
The term 'uéru' is a childish way to talk about urination - it means something along the lines of 'for the purpose of making water'. This language is used mainly with small children and sounds very strange in any other context.
Noun:
As a noun, uéru can be used to talk about a boy's penis or a girl's urethral opening. You could use gender modifiers if you needed to, but in practice the word is usually used gender-neutrally. It also can mean urine itself.
Verb:
As a verb, uéru is an intransitive pali verb with an absolutive subject which is the one urinating.