Re: time distinctions
| From: | Tim Smith <timsmith@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 27, 2000, 21:30 |
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At 03:44 PM 8/27/2000 -0400, The Gray Wizard wrote:
>I have been
>experimenting with the former for nathya, a language related to amman iar.
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>David
Here's a nice case of coincidental similarity of words. In my conlang
Meitzanathein, _nathya_ means "is a person" or "is sentient". (The root
_nath_ is a noun meaning "person, sentient being" and the suffix _-ya_ is
the verbal stative aspect marker, which can turn any noun X into a stative
verb meaning "to be X".)
- Tim
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