fajk
Keywords: movement
| Pronunciation (IPA): | fajk |
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| 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.