gaxaŋobwo (00_Ga-noun Compounds in Asaxi (list))
gaxaŋobwo
gaxaŋobwo
Noun class (warm / cold)
Warm
- Reasoning: a constitution of bodily substance/fat (parallels gabwo).
Pronunciation
IPA: /ɡaɦaŋobʷo/
Pitch Accent
- Morae: ga · xa · ŋo · bwo
- Pattern:
L · L · H · L - Class:
lexical
Semantic Field
Translations
- English: morbid obesity, clinical obesity (a constitutional fact)
- Polish: otyłość chorobliwa
Example sentence
Example 1
- Asaxi: to john gaxaŋobwo shá.
- English: John is a morbidly-obese person. (a medical fact — cf. the aesthetic bwonă)
- Polish: x
Alternative Forms
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Etymology
ga (constitution) + xaŋobwo (obesity). Lit: “obesity-constitution” — the objective, diagnosable condition (contrast the subjective adjective bwonă).
Synonyms
Null
Antonyms
- gafůbåbå (atrophy)
Derived terms
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