THEORY: Subject: Re: Subject: Re: THEORY: Verbs go irregular before our very eyes!

Kala Tunu wrote:

> Is there any link between these Maori -ia and Tahitian
> infinitive suffix/preposition  "hia"/"ia"?
> I read that New Zealand was the last island settled by
> Polynesians.
John Cowan wrote:

Alas, I have no clue.  These verbs live in splendid
isolation

inside my knowledge network.
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sorry, i mistyped "infinitive" for "passive". hia/ia is the
passive tag right after a verb or preposed to the agent.

Mathias