Common Lexeme

karak

Keywords: body parts, violence

Pronunciation (IPA): 'ka.rak 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: skurun 
Forms: karak, sinokarak 
Glosses: knuckle, fist, punch 

Description:

The term 'karak' means a human knuckle, or a human fist. If needed to disambiguate, a person might say 'sinokarak', or 'little knuckle' for knuckles as opposed to fist.

Karak is also the verb for punching. It is a transitive skurun verb with an ergative striker and an absolutive target.

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