getek
English: Translation
a bulge or enlargement on the body, often resulting from injury or inflammation; swelling
Notes
getek
n.
A swelling, bulge, or enlargement of part of the body caused by injury, inflammation, infection, or other physical conditions.
USAGE
May getek siya sa botkon.
“He has a swelling on his knee.”
Naggetek anang kamot.
“His hand became swollen.”
NOTES
Refers to bodily swelling in general.
Compare:
lotok
a bump produced by impact or blunt trauma, especially on the head.
gotok
the swelling or enlargement of flower buds before blooming.
SEMANTIC OBSERVATION
Although getes, getel, and getek belong to different semantic fields, they exhibit an intriguing pattern:
| Lexeme | Domain | Core Image |
| getes | agriculture | remove by picking |
| getel | tool | instrument for cutting/harvesting |
| getek | body | outward swelling or protrusion |
One possible historical semantic nucleus is the notion of projection or separation from a surface:
- leaves are picked away from a plant (getes);
- grain is cut away using a harvesting knife (getel);
- tissue bulges outward from the body (getek).
At present this remains a working historical hypothesis, not an established etymology.