Common Lexeme

leffe

Keywords: atmospherics

Pronunciation (IPA): 'lef.fe 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: skurun 
Forms: leffe, leffes, leffekas, leffeca 
Glosses: smoke, smoky, smoked, leffeca 

Description:

The term 'leffe' refers to smoke and smoking. It can also refer to acts of smoking, such as smoking meat, or a person smoking a cigarette.

Noun:

As a noun, 'leffe' refers to actual, physical smoke. The derived form 'leffeca' means a person who smokes cigarettes, pipe, joints, etc, a smoker, usually reserved for smoking plant matter and extraxts as opposed to synthetic substances.

Verb:

As a verb, 'leffe' is a transitive skurun verb meaning to cure food by smoking it, or to take a drug, usually a plant-based material by smoking it. The ergative subject is the smoker, and the absolutive object is the thing smoked.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'leffes' is an atmospheric meaning 'smoky', and is generally used as an adjective. The form 'leffekas' means 'smoked', as in 'na leffekas hoan', 'smoked meat'.

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