Common Lexeme

slefy

Keywords: exploitation, human trafficking

Pronunciation (IPA): 'sle.vÉ™ 
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.

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