Common Lexeme

fajk

Keywords: movement

Pronunciation (IPA): fajk 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: skurun 
Forms: fajk, fajkys, fajkzrom 
Glosses: lift, raise, elevate, raised, elevated 

Description:

The term 'fajk' refers to lifting, moving something in an upwards direction against grafity.

Verb:

As a verb, 'fajk' is a transitive skurun verb that takes an ergative lifter and an absolutive thing lifted. It can taker a benefactive happat form where a dative place lifted to can be added. It can also take an antipassive pali form where it means to life oneself, to rise up, the get up.

Noun:

As a noun, 'fajk' refers to the act of lifting, and as a calque from English, is a common way to say to get a ride with someone. The form 'fajkzrom' refers to an electric lift (as an aside, you will hear these called an 'elevator' in English if you travel to North America).

Modifier:

The modifier form 'fajkys' means raised or elevated.

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