Common Lexeme

wotam

Keywords: transportation

Pronunciation (IPA): 'wo.dam 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: happat 
Forms: wotam 
Glosses: track, path, constrain to a path 

Description:

The term 'wotam' refers to a track like a train track, or any structure that constrains a device to move in a certain path. This can be extended metaphorically.

Noun:

As a noun, it is a literal track like a train track or other structure used to make something move on a path. It might also be used for 'path' itself, but this is further out from the centre of the meaning of 'wotam' and implies the path has a constraining as much as facilitating function.

Verb:

As a verb, 'wotam' means to make something move in a contrained way. It can be used as a verb meaning to pilot a train, and can have many metaphorical uses. It is a ditransitive hapat verb that takes an ergative causer or initiator for the motion, an absolutive thing moved, and a dative destination.

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