alasa

Usage category: core

Recognition: 99%

Book: pu

Coined era: pre-pu

to hunt, forage, seek | ALT (pv.) try to, attempt

commentary

In some communities, the usage of "alasa" as a preverb meaning "try to" is equally or even more common than "lukin". In pu, only "lukin"/"oko" has this meaning.

lipu ku translations

hunt⁵, hunting⁵, search⁴, pursuit⁴, pursue⁴, gather⁴, finding³, seek³, explore³, chase², locate², try², collect², quest², catch²

pu verbatim

origin

Source Language: Acadian French

Etymology: à la chasse ‘hunting, (lit.) on the hunt’

Creator(s): jan Sonja

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Etymology: pictogram of a bow and an arrow

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