Re: Mentemente (was; Re: Negation?)

On Thu, 08 Jul 1999, Steg wrote:
>
> Hmm....in Rokbeigalmki adverbs are formed with the attachment of
> _elikuh-_ to the beginning of the root.  I don't think i originally came
> up with it that way, but _elikuh-_ seems to be connected to the
> construction _ilu+ka'_, "all+like".
>
> ILU + KA' =
>
> _ilu:ka_ - "so much; such a"
>
> _i:luka:_ - "just like; the same as"
>
> _elikuh-_ - (adverb)
>
> So i guess the metaphor in Rokbeigalmki adverbs is "doing the action with
> such _____likeness".
Either that or Rokbeigalm is a clever relex of "valley speak": "I was all,
like, puh-lease!" :)

Speaking of using "like" for adverbs, does anyone know if the dialectal
English use of "-like" as in "friendly-like" to make the adverb of "friendly"
come from OE -lice, or is it a recent innovation from the work "like?"


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Eric Christopherson
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