Re: Nouns from Verbs

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:33:11 -0700, Costentin Cornomorus
<elemtilas@...> wrote:

>Talarian specifically has several types of verbal
>nouns that answer various needs in naming actions
>without getting into actual conjugated verb
>forms. There is the infinitive (xâtam, go), the
>agent (xâtomtar, goer, traveller), the action
>noun (xâttan, a going, like kicking above), the
>supine (xâtom), and two stative noun forms
>(xâtôs, a trip, a going gone; and xâtros, a trip,
>a going going). The supine, depending on case, is
>used to create phrasal verbs of need, purpose or
>result.
Interesting.  Is there any kind of Ablaut process involved, or is the
root/stem xât-?  Are "â" and "ô" contract vowels or long vowels (or
something else)?  Is there any syncretism between nominal and verbal
inflections (if you have those)?

- Rob

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