hare
Keywords: geographic, directions, cardinal
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'ha.re |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | hare, hares |
| Glosses: | north, northern, northerly, bear north |
Description:
The term 'hare' has the base meaning of 'north' as a place. It can be a modifying term in place names, as in 'Hare Myrika', North America. Refer to attached article for more discussion of usage. As a modifier 'hares', it means northerly or moving northerly and can take an object in the nominative case which is the object to which the movement or position is relative. As a verb, it is a pali verb of state taking an absolutive mover meaning 'to bear north'. A noxaj benefactive form can be used to indicate a destination.
'Hare' seems to be related to 'hyren', 'cold' via the concrete/abstract gender distinction - both forms originate in Old Common, and any etymological relationship is fictive and designed.