Re: negation and compounding
| From: | Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 28, 1999, 22:32 |
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In a message dated 6/28/99 5:34:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tb0pwd1@CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU writes:
<< > So, the -old is exactly the same meaning as our "old"? So, "fould" is
> literally "young"?
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in Nzva, fold means foolish and comes from "not old", a somewhat age-ist
compound. right now there is no word for young. most likely constructions
to indicate young would be oldmey (less old) or fu old (not old).
Pacs Precs
Joe Mondello