Gashika

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Irathient

Etymology

From Yanga Kayang gakyika.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /gaˈʃika/

Rhymes: -ika

Orthographic Form

gashika

Noun

gashika class vi

  1. junk
  2. (vulgar) bullshit
Inflection
Singular Plural Preadjectival
Plain gashika gashikagə gashika
Genitive Alienable pagashika pagashikagə pagashika
Inalienable ligashika ligashikagə ligashika

Creation and Usage Notes

The initial consonant of this borrowing from Yanga Kayang was reanalyzed as a noun class prefix, which is why it's unexpectedly a class VI noun.

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