Re: Fadawana si Buruda

Joseph Fatula wrote:

> Herman Miller wrote:
 Certainly some of the morphological changes are
>> unusual (e.g. miyafa < tinta-[infinitive]-ka-[patient])!
>
> That particular set actually goes something like this:
>   tinta + [infinitive] > tiza
>   tiza + -ka > tizaka
>   tizaka + [patient] > miyafa
>
> You're right, that it's a bit unusual, but it's all entirely regular in
> the language.  I posted some examples of these as puzzles to work through,
> but apparently they're just too weird for people, which is understandable.
Hmm, _dixisti_ :-)) I thought they looked a bit familiar. It would be
interesting, and perhaps an act of human kindness, if you would explain just
how these changes are "regular"; of course I don't expect you to reveal your
Conlanging Secrets (TM) :-)))))))

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