機き能のう転てん換かん

noun

functional shift; conversion

Linguistics term for when a word changes its part of speech without affixation, e.g., a noun used as a verb.

• 名めい詞しが動どう詞しとして使つかわれる例れいは機き能のう転てん換かんです。

  A noun being used as a verb is an example of functional shift.