xaj
Keywords: science, commerce
Pronunciation (IPA): | ʃaj |
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Part of Speech: | modifier |
Class: | skurun |
Forms: | xaj, xajno, xajyn, exájyn, roxáj, roxájyn |
Glosses: | heavy, heaviness, burden, weigh, weight, mass, good (slang), compensatory, compensation, compensate, pay back, reward |
Description:
The modifier 'xaj' means 'heavy'.
Modifier:
The base modifier meaning says be default that its referent is very massive or heavy. Large size and be implied but it's more about weight or even density. the tight binding form 'xajno' is popular slag synonym for 'faj', 'very', and is on-and-off-again used as a slang term indicating approval. The 'roxáj' form means 'compensatory'.
Noun:
The term form 'xajyn' means 'weight' when used as a noun. It can also mean metaphorically 'burden'. The derived form 'exájyn' is used in science as a term for mass as opposed to weight.
The roxájyn form means reward or compensation, probably from the sense of 'fulfilled weight'.
Verb:
As a verb, 'xajyn' is a transitive skurun verb with a couple of possible sense, either to load something down with weight, or to measure the weight of something. The sense of measuring can be clarified with the 'exájyn' form, which in science can also mean specifically to measure mass using a balance. The 'roxájyn' form means to compensate and is treated as a happat ditransitive form with a dative recipient of the compensation and an absolutive article of compensation.