Common Lexeme

letka skel

Keywords: death

Pronunciation (IPA): 'let.ga 'skel 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class: set phrase 
Forms: letka skel, letka wekja 
Glosses: graveyard, cemetary, mass grave 

Description:

'Letka skel' is a set phrase used as a noun meaning 'graveyard', approximately 'field of the deceased'. The variant 'letka wekja', 'country of the deceased', if used to refer to a mass grave, as a play on 'letka skel'.

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