fri (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))


fri

fri

Transitivity / Valency

Transitive Takes an object (the entity being liberated).

Lexical Aspect

  • Punctual (Achievement) — happens in a single moment.
  • Aspect markers: na- “do repeatedly” · tå- “do once” · ni- “begin to” · chå- “do fully” · “make it ongoing”.

Grammatical Note

02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): Closed-class primitive verb, punctual by default. It may take to derive a durative reading, and na-/tå-/ni-/chå- for other aspects.

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

  • frishá (agent noun) (potential)