Common Lexeme

rokéul

Keywords: politics

Pronunciation (IPA): ro'ge.ul 
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'.

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