Ashika

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Irathient

Etymology

From Yanga Kayang gakyika.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /aˈʃika/

Rhymes: -ika

Orthographic Form

ashika

Adjective

-ashika

  1. worthless, useless
Inflection
Related Terms

Creation and Usage Notes

The initial consonant of gashika, a borrowing from Yanga Kayang, was reanalyzed as a noun class prefix and the rest of the word as a root from which this new word was derived.

-Wojnicz (talk) 12:37, 18 November 2024 (PST)