Re: old clothing (was: Re: Language superiority...)

Matt Pearson wrote:
> Some of us, though, have deliberately 'distressed' our conlangs so that
> they look as if they've been worn.
That' s why I said "unless it's intended to be naturalistic".  W. has a
few unproductive (and unpredictable) derivations, such as one which used
to be -i.  I've mentioned this before, but I'll describe it once more.

Proto-W. kalus = stab (modern = klu')
         -i = "successful"
         kalusi = stab to death
         kalusi --> kalisi --> kalis --> kli's
Thus, klu'/kli's

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