ekraw
Keywords: body parts, animal
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'eg.raw |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | skurun |
| Forms: | ekraw, ekrawka |
| Glosses: | mouth (animal), bite |
Description:
The term 'akraw' refers to an animal's mouth. It is used almost exclusively as a noun. It can be used to apply to a human mouth, but to do so is extremely insulting.
As a verb, 'ekraw' is the general word for biting, being a skurun verb with an ergative biter and an absolutive thing bitten. The verb form can refer to an animal or human bite, and is not insulting to refer to a human activity. In the sense of 'a bite', as in pointing out where someone or something has been bitten, this is usually refered to as 'ekrawka'.