Common Lexeme

cajno

Keywords: irregular, modifiers, tight binding

Pronunciation (IPA): 't͡ʃaj,no 
Part of Speech: modifier 
Class: tight binding, precision 
Forms: cajno, cajre 
Glosses: just, exactly, perfectly 

Description:

The modifier 'cajno' is the irregular tight-binding form of the modifier 'cajre', attached, which means just, right, exact, complete, etc. Cajno is used to modify other modifiers and has the sense of 'just', 'right' or 'exactly'. Although Common lexicographers consider cajre and cajno to be forms of the same word, they were separately created by Davidson in the earliest days of the language and thus the relationship is by convention. For that reason and for ease of lookup of the irregular form, cajno has its own entry.

Cajno is the most typical Common tight binding modifier of exactitude, in the 'precision set' with 'mikteno' ('about, roughly'). It is often seen used with modifiers of place and time.

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