rocét
Keywords: damage
| Pronunciation (IPA): | ro'd͡ʒet |
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| Part of Speech: | term verb noun |
| Class: | skurun |
| Forms: | rocét, rocétys |
| Glosses: | scratch, draw |
Description:
The term rocét refers to a scratch or the act of scratching. The word 'cet' meaning to write appears to have been intended to be related to it.. Likely Davidson intended that the original meaning of 'cet' be 'scratch' and then come to be used for writing, causing speakers to attach the intesifying prefix 'ro-' when they meant really scratching. As further evidence, look at the double meaning of rocét as to draw.
Rocét is a transitive skurun verb which takes an ergative scratcher and an absolutive thing scratched. A tool or body part used to perform the scratching can be added as a prepositional phrase introduced with 'ceo'. The meaning of 'draw' works similarly.
As a noun, rocét refers to a scratch on something. The things scratched can be added as a prepositional phrase introduced by 'e'.