fri (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))


fri

Transitivity / Valency

Transitive Takes an object (the entity being liberated).

Lexical Aspect

Achievement: Instantaneous release.

Grammatical Note

02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): This belongs to the closed class of primitive verbs. It is a root verb and does not utilize the Universal Verbalizer suffix.

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Existence / Smntc_Field Emotion

Pronunciation

IPA: /fɹi/ Phonotactic Note: This is the permitted exception to the rule forbidding r followed by i.

Translations

  • English: to set free, to liberate, to release, to unleash
  • Polish: uwolnić, wyzwolić

Example sentence

To wo no fri. I set you free.

Alternative forms

x

Etymology

Borrowed from English “Free”.

Synonyms

  • frëxů (To liberate / To force-free - Derived from frë).])]

Antonyms

  • rokam (To imprison - if verbalized).
  • tomo’ (To stop/arrest).

Derived terms

Null