sipuf
Keywords: agriculture, seasons
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'si.buf |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | skurun |
| Forms: | sipuf |
| Glosses: | harvest, reap, autumn, fall |
Description:
The term 'sipuf' refers to harvesting crops, or anything that can can be metaphorically framed this way, such as harvesting fermentation products, or organs.
Noun:
As a noun, 'sipuf' refers to a time of harvest or an act of harvesting. It is also the word for the autumn or fall season. It can be clarified for the season as 'na keul na sipuf' if necessary.
Verb:
As a verb, 'sipuf' is a transitive skurun verb meaning to harvest crops, with an ergative harvester and an absolutive thing harvested.