lyt
Keywords: shape, container
Pronunciation (IPA): | lət |
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Part of Speech: | term noun |
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Forms: | lyt, lytis, -lyt |
Glosses: | box, box-shaped, square, rectangle, boxy, rectangular, container |
Description:
The term 'lyt' is mainly used as a noun, and refers to a literal box-shaped container, or to boxy or square shapes, such as squares and rectangles.
If derived into the modifier class with -is to get 'lytis' ['lət.is], it means 'boxy' or 'rectangular'
As an affix, -lyt can be added as a suffix to another term that can serve as a noun, typically a concrete, inanimate object or substance, and derive a general word for a container for that substance. In this usage, the container doesn't have to be very boxy.
Lyt can be used as a verb - if so, it is a skurun verb meaning to store something in boxes, with the ergative subject being the one doing the storing and the absolutive object being the thing stored.