Common Lexeme

urek

Keywords: sports, games, endeavours

Pronunciation (IPA): 'u.rek 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: noxaj 
Forms: urek 
Glosses: goal, objective, point, objectify 

Description:

The term 'urek' means a goal or objective, a point, or a point scored in a match of a game.

Noun:

As a noun, 'urek' means a goal, objective, point, etc. - it can pertain to sports and games, or else ojectives in other areas of life.

Verb:

As a verb, 'urek' is difficult to translate. It can have a sense like 'objectify', but that doesn't really do it justice. It means to make something your goal. It is a semitransitive noxaj verb that takes an absolutive one who has the goal and a dative goal. The goal can be expressed as a dependent clause introduced with ixi.

Example:

We nox urek ija spot cejátuin.

This means literally 'I am amking that man my goal', and in context it usually would be used as a idiom saying that you intend to get with him sexually, but it would have other connotations, like an intention to rob or harm him. A more straight-forward example:

A nox urek ixi ti xeppe a pifit.

This means 'he is making his goal that he win the game', or more simply, 'his goal is to win the game'.

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