Common Lexeme

stil

Keywords: household

Pronunciation (IPA): stil 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: skurun 
Forms: stil, stilys, stilkas 
Glosses: hook, angle, bent, crooked, catch, get, grab, caught, trapped, hung 

Description:

The term 'stil' refers to a hook or and angle, or a deliberately bent thing. It has a connotation of holding, catching or trapping.

Noun:

As a noun, 'stil' refers to a hook as a tool or structural feature, including a fishing hook, and can also be the word for angle, as in geometry.

Verb:

As a verb, 'stil' is a transitive skurun verb that takes an ergative catcher or trapper, which can either be a human user of a hook or the hook itself, and an absolutive thing caught, hung or trapped. It can also be used metaphorically as a general word for to catch something or someone, or even to get or grab something.

Modifier:

As a modifier, 'stilys' can mean that something is hook-like or at an angle, or that it is caught on a hook. To disambiguate, 'stilkas' can be used for the latter meaning.

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