Re: Equatives?

Hello,

> While dabbling with comparatives, I
> came up with
> the idea of an "equative" -- a preposition for indicating equality or
> "just the right amount of", _osa'o_ [?o"sa?o].
[...]

> Anybody else's conlang has this neat feature? :-)
In full accordance with ALF, Middle Welsh has an equative degree (but I
don't think it's used for 'just the right amount of'). Skuodian also has
it (borrowed from MW, of course, but then Skuodian is a posteriori ;-)).
And Manoeg, as well.

Pavel
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Pavel Iosad               pavel_iosad@mail.ru

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