Common Lexeme

affe

Keywords: discourse

Pronunciation (IPA): af.fe 
Part of Speech: modifier 
Class: pali 
Forms: affe, affen, roáffe, roáffen 
Glosses: public, the public, be public, be in public, publicly, air in public, publication, publicise, publicity 

Description:

The modifier 'affe' means 'public' and pertains to the publicness of an object or action.

Modifier:

As a modifier, 'affe' can be used to describe a thing as an adjective, meaning that it is public, for everyone to use, or as an adverb to describe an action done in public, publicly.

The derived form roáffe has a sense like revealed, made public or publicised.

Verb:

As a verb, 'affen' is an intransitive pali verb meaning to be public or to be in public - it is a typical Common adjectival verb.

The causative skurun form has a sense like to air in public, make public, taking an ergative person making something public and an absolutive thing aired on public. For example, 'Ja pulekca teo affen yr taj', 'The customer aired since grievances'.

The derived form roáffen means publicise in a verb context and actually has approximately the same meaning as affen, but has a more intensified tone, such as when using a professional publicity campaign.

Noun:

As a noun, 'affen' means the public in general, the public sphere.

The derived form 'roáffen' has a sense like 'publication', 'publicity'.

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