aspe
Keywords: safety
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'as.pe |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | aspe, aspes, aspesyn |
| Glosses: | safe, safety, security, secure, be safe, be secure, security forces, police, save |
Description:
The term 'aspe' refers to safety and security.
Noun:
As a noun 'aspe' refers to safety or security as a general thing. The derived form 'aspesyn' can mean security as a general concept but usually refers to security forces or police.
Verb:
As a verb, 'aspe' is an intransitive pali verb meaning to be safe, which takes an absolutive subject that is the safe thing. It can take an optional periphrastic argument intrudiced with 'erpa' which is the thing the subject is safe from.
The skurun causative form can be used as a word for to save.