poknit
English: Definition
To pick off or tear away a small piece from a thick, bulky, or solid object, usually with the fingers. Typically used of bread, cooked root crops, meat, wax, clay, and similar materials.
Part of Speech
verb
Notes
Usage
Pomoknit ika nin tinapay.
“Tear off a piece of bread.”
Semantic Note
The source object is understood to possess noticeable thickness or bulk.
COMPARE
- paknit — tear from a thin sheet.
- raknit — rip violently.
Semantic Disambiguation of the Boie’nen Cutting and Tactile Lexicon
Cutting, Breaking, Splitting and Tearing
| Lexeme | Prototype Action | Characteristic Result | Typical Patient |
| taras | sever completely across | complete separation or amputation | limbs, poles, long objects |
| e-tew | sever completely | complete separation | general; near synonym of taras |
| teptep | trim projecting or pointed extremities | reduced function; prepared object | wings, fins, shell tips, figurative limbs |
| tapas | lop or prune | branch removed | woody branches, limbs |
| tabtab | dismantle by cutting bindings and joints | structure taken apart | houses, frameworks, lashings |
| takras | shave or slice off a thin sliver | repeated thin shavings | coconut inflorescence, banana trunk, soft plant tissue |
| ti-as | split by repeated chopping | heavy wood divided | logs, firewood |
| ti’xak | split lengthwise along the grain | strips or slats produced | bamboo, canes, fibrous stems |
| gimpol | break off a protruding appendage | appendage detached | handles, horns, knobs, mushrooms |
| bari’ | break under bending or compression | fracture; may remain attached | branches, bones, sticks |
| poknit | pick or tear off a small piece | small portion removed | thick or bulky objects |
| paknit | tear from a thin sheet | sheet partly torn | paper, cloth, leaves, plastic |
| raknit | rip violently | extensive tearing | cloth, paper, flexible sheets |