Re: Evolutionary Sequence

> Reduplication seems to serve the following functions:
>
> 3. Plural connotation (in languages that have no grammatical plural marker
> (s))
This is what Japanese does. Compare: "hito", "person"; "hitobito", "people".
"toki", "time"; "tokidoki", "sometimes". (Forgiving consonant shifts towards
voicing after some vowels...)

Fincaiyan uses duplication for emphasis on the lack of emphasis, if that
makes any sense.

For example, "mo" is the generic "thing" (used in "this thing", "that
thing", "what thing" and so on). "momo" is used to be generic "stuff". Such
as in English: "I picked up some stuff from the floor". "I saw some stuff",
"momo ro merei ru". It is not the same as "some things". It is used only to
note the unimportance of what was actually seen, or to denote a desire for
simplicity. (Such as a parent yelling to their kid to "pick up their crap")

They also do this with "li", "person"; and "pa", "place". As well as the
other similar words I haven't yet come up with.

"Where did you go?", "paso ha ni verei ru?"
"Places", "papa ha ni"

"What did you see?", "moso ro merei ru?"
"Stuff", "momo ro"

"Who did the sun and the moon guide?", "solei ei lunei ra liso ro lonterei
ru?"
"People", "lili ro"

If that makes any sort of sense, since I'm not sure on the grammatical
construction for questions. Or most of my adpositions.

-Keith