kalitsi
Sense 1
English: Translation
The alkaline solution produced by leaching wood ash or similar mineral-rich materials with water.
Sense 2
English: Translation
To leach soluble substances from ash, soil, bark, or similar materials by passing water through them.
Part of Speech
verb
Notes
kalitsi n.; v.
Traditionally used for:
- soap making
- food processing
- cleaning
- alkaline preparation
Prototype: leached solutio
Semantic Distinction
| Headword | Source | Method | Product | Typical State |
| po-ot | Tree sap | Natural exudation | Fresh sap | Sticky, wet |
| saxeng | Tree sap | Natural curing | Hardened resin | Dry, solid |
| tagek | Fruits, leaves, stems, roots | Pressing, squeezing, crushing | Plant juice or extract | Liquid |
| natek | Mature coconut meat | Grating and squeezing | Coconut cream/milk | Thick, creamy |
| kalitsi | Ash or mineral-rich materials | Leaching with water | Alkaline lye solution | Watery, alkaline |
Lexical Note
Together these five lexemes illustrate an elegant feature of Boie’nen lexical semantics: the language distinguishes plant-derived substances not by a single general concept of “sap” or “extract,” but by how they are produced and what stage or physical state they represent.
- po-ot describes living sap in its fresh, flowing state.
- saxeng describes that sap after it has hardened into resin.
- tagek denotes juice intentionally expressed from plant tissues.
- natek specializes this concept to creamy culinary extracts, especially coconut milk.
- kalitsi refers to substances obtained not by expression but by leaching, producing an alkaline solution.