exånů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))


exånů

exånů

Transitivity / Valency

Intransitive (Behavior) or Transitive (Smiling at someone? No, usually ni + person).

Lexical Aspect

  • Durative (Activity) — unfolds over time.
  • Aspect markers: na- “do repeatedly” · tå- “do once” · ni- “begin to” · chå- “do fully”.

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Behaviour / Emotion

Pronunciation

IPA: /eɦau̯nuu̯/

Pitch Accent

  • Morae: e · xå · nů
  • Pattern: H · L · L
  • Class: lexical

Translations

  • English: to smile, to beam
  • Polish: uśmiechać się

Example sentence

Example 1

  • Asaxi: to wo ni no exånů.
  • English: I smile at you.
  • Polish: x

Alternative Forms

Null

Etymology

exå (Smile) + -n- + .

Synonyms

Null

Antonyms

Null

Root Noun

Derived terms

  • exånůshá (agent noun) (potential)

Grammatical Note

Derived from exå (Smile) + -n- (Performance) + .

  • Logic: “To perform a smile.”