Description:

The term 'lufi' has to do with birth.

Noun:

As a noun, lufi refers to the moment or act of birth. It can be literally a human or animal bearing live young (it is not used for eggs hatching) or metaphorically to bringing a creation into the world. In the sense of an act of creation, the creation is being compared to birth, where it just comes out of you rather than as the product of meticulous design and planning.

The derived form 'lufika' is commonly used as a word for neonate, infant or newborn. The derived from 'Lufica' from the causative form of the verb, meaning 'one who gives birth' is used as a euphemism for a Creator or for God. It is not often used to mean mother, except poetically - the terms anno, lijánno or mamma would be used for that.

The derived form 'elúfi' had a sense like 'the inborn', 'the innate', or '(something's) nature'.

Verb:

As a verb, lufi has the same literal and metaphorical domain as it does as a noun. The focus is in the experience of the entity being born. As such, it is an intransitive pali verb, taking an absolutive subject that is the entity being born, It is very often used in a causative skurun form, where an ergative subject is added which is the mother or creator.

Modifier:

The modifier 'lufis' doesn't mean what you might normally think. Rather than being a word for 'born', it is usually used metaphorically to mean 'new'. The form 'lufikas' is typically used ot mean 'born' instead. There is also a common form 'iklufis' meaning 'unborn', or 'waiting to be born'.

The modifier form 'elúfis' means 'inborn', 'innate', or 'natural'.

The derived form 'ulúfis' has a sense like 'incipient'.

Other Derived Forms:

There are a couple of useful forms derived from lufi.

'Lufiwek', with the suffix '-wek', is used as a word for 'homeland', or 'mother coutnry'.

'Lufizisse', with the suffix '-zisse', is used as a word for mother tongue, native language or first language.