Common Lexeme

welop

Keywords: animals, biology

Pronunciation (IPA): 'we.lop 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: welop 
Glosses: egg, lay an egg 

Description:

The term 'welop' refers to an egg. It is more prototypically a hard-shelled external egg such as a chicken would lay, but can be used colloquially for an internal gamete, a soft fish egg, etc., much like the English word.

Welop can be used as a verb - in that sense it is an intransitive pali verb with an absolutive layer that means 'to lay an egg', or 'lay eggs'

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