rokéul
Keywords: politics
| Pronunciation (IPA): | ro'ge.ul |
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| Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | rokéul, rokéulys |
| Glosses: | revolution, revolutionary, revolt, rise up |
Description:
The term 'rokéul' translates the idea of 'revolution'. It consists of the root 'keul', 'turn', with the intensifying prefix 'ro-''. The word is primarily a political word, but as a calque from English, also carries other connotations that are more positive, for example, a scientific idea could be described as 'rokéulys' and the connotation would be generally positive.
Noun:
As a noun, 'rokéul' refers to a revolution, or to revolution in general.
Verb:
As a verb, 'rokéul' is an intransitive pali verb meaning to rise up or revolt. It can take an optional periphrastic argument introduced with 'erpa' which is the thing being risen up against.
Modifier:
As a modifier, 'rokéulys' means 'revolutionary'.