From: Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...>
> >> One of the things I neglected to handle in MNCL was a method of
> >> compounding (MNCL has plenty of derivation). MNCL5 has inherited this
> >> deficiency, which I'm now trying to rectify. I could assign one of the
> >> unused (except for particles) final suffixes to each of the types of
> >> compounds. But first, what are all the different types? There's adjective
> >> + noun, of course, like "redbird".
> I've read it and I've been trying to put together a coherent summary, but my
> ability to concentrate has gotten worse lately. In the meantime, there's at
> least one type of compound that doesn't need any new endings, but can
> possibly use the genitive construction:
> hundo husa -- "doghouse"
> Another can use the genitive with a role-inversion suffix -t-:
> Zo foglo teila ruye. -- "The bird's tail is red."
> Ma videk ruyo teilto foglok. "I saw a red-tailed bird."
> The -o on ruy- is the genitive singular ending. The -o on teilt- is adjectival.
From the examples given, it's hard to tell, but why would genitive sing. and
adjectival necessarily be mutually exclusive?
Kou