slefy
Keywords: exploitation, human trafficking
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'sle.vÉ™ |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | slefy, slefysyn |
| Glosses: | slave, enslave, slavery |
Description:
The term 'slefy' is borrowed from the English word 'slave' and pertains to ownership of human beings with any pretext of a legal contract with the person enslaved. It is a politically incendiary statement to refer to a lifetime contract labourer as a slave, even though that is essentially what they are.
Noun:
As a noun, 'slefy' refers to an enslaved person. The form 'slefysyn' refers to the institution of slavery in general.
Verb:
As a verb, 'slefy' means to work like a slave, or to be enslaved. It is an intransitive pali verb which takes an absolutive subject who is enslaved. It can be used in a causative skurun form where an ergative enslaver is added.