Re: Re : Using numberless substantives
| From: | Paul Bennett <pbennett@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 20, 1999, 21:06 |
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On 20 Jun 99, at 14:47, From mathias wrote:
> there are natlangs having no specific plural or default singular tag and
> making it clear that you speak of only one or else of a definite number of
> items with classificators. many conlangs do so :
> miki : house(s)
> mumiki : house as a dwelling archetype
> mikimiki : houses
> mimiki : one house
> mamiki : town(s)
> mimamiki : one town
> etc.
> mathias
Is this an extract from a real (con)lang, or an off the cuff example?
Either way, I'm interested in your motives here. Are the prefixes
mi, mu, ma seperate regular prefixes, or reduplicative mutations?
Eg with the root _kuta_, would it be
kuta
mukuta
kutakuta
mikuta
makuta
mimakuta
or rather something like:
kuta
kuukuta
kutakuta
kukuta
kakuta
kukakuta
No value judgement implied, just curiosity.
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Pb
Must <gasp> control ... urges <grunt> to put every <rnhng> thing I
see <whimper> into ... Wenetaic ... bbbbbbbbbbbb ... aaaaaarrrrgh!