Common Lexeme

lajk

Keywords: emotion

Pronunciation (IPA): lajk 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: lajk, lajkys, lajkysyn 
Glosses: smile, like, happy, content, approval 

Description:

The term 'lajk' comes from the English word 'like' and entered Common from Internet slang. The original sense was to express approval via a reaction control on social media, just as in English, but during the middle period the semantic range of the word expanded and it began to encroach on the work 'kuri' for 'smile' while retaining the sense of 'like'. The word became ameliorated from its slang origins and today is the main word in High Common for 'smile'.

Noun:

As a noun, 'lajk' means a smile, or an instance of liking something. The derived form 'lajkysyn' alludes to the general concept of approving of something.

Verb:

As a verb, 'lajk' is an intransitive pali verb meaning to smile, taking an absolutive subject who is smiling. It can also have the sense of 'be happy', having some overlap with 'citityn'. It can take an additional periphrastic argument introduced with 're' which is the reason for smiling. The benefactive noxaj form adds a dative indirect object which is a person or ting smiled at or upon. This form can also have the sense of liking something, and in that case functions like a typical noxaj verb of emotion.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'lajkys' typically has the sense of happy or content, or just expresses the idea that the person has a smiling demeanour. The connoation is typically that it's genuine.

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