Re: those irregular prepositions

From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:15 PM

> My conlangs are disappointingly regular in this regard, so
> far, I'm afraid.
Mine too ... In Ayeri, you'd use the locative marker _ea_
for each of 'in', 'on' and 'at'. 'During' would be _ling_[1]
then, 'while' is _luga_. Since the Ayeri are supposed to
live in the tropics of their planet, dusk and dawn are *not*
durative events but punctual ones, like Yahya said.

[1] _ling_, adv, during < _(manga) ling_, prep, '(to the)
top of sth' < _ling_, n, 'top'
[2] _luga_, adv, until < _luga_, prep, 'among, between';
manga luga, prep, 'through'

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