tètáka (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))


tètáka

Transitivity / Valency

Reciprocal / Transitive To fight (someone/each other).

Lexical Aspect

Activity: Continuous conflict.

Grammatical Note

02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): This is a primitive root verb.

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Behaviour / Conflict

Pronunciation

IPA: /t̪ət̪ɑka/

Translations

  • English: to fight, to combat, to brawl

  • Polish: walczyć

Example sentence

To wa tètáka. We fight.

Etymology

Derived from tètá (Pain). Lit: “Pain-action” (etymology frozen in history).