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Re: THEORY nouns and cases (was: Verbs derived from noun cases)

From:Danny Wier <dawiertx@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 28, 2004, 9:20
From: "Philippe Caquant" <herodote92@...>

> Now having a verb like, say "to cat" (since "to dog" > exists in English) doesn't seem to help much, since it > doesn't say anything about the type of conceptual > relation this should be: > - to be an instance of a cat ? > - to be a sort of a cat ? > - to be equivalent to a cat ? > - to behave like a cat ? > - to generate kitties ? > - to become a cat ? > - to feel or look like a cat ? > - to eat cats ? > - (others ?)
'To cat' as an intransitive verb exists in English slang; it means to seek sexual partners, or to have an extramarital affair. That would be a sense of 'to behave like a cat' (and possibly 'generate kittens' if contraception isn't used). This sort of behavior might cause one to be reincarnated as a cat.