Re: Inverse case?

In the last episode, (On Monday 02 July 2007 23:11:09), Jeff Rollin wrote:
> Hi all
>
> You've probably heard of "inverse number", where the marked form for each
> noun is the /unusual/ number for that noun: e.g. in a language where there
> is a dual number, the dual for "two eyes" would be unmarked, and the
> singular and plural would be marked, i.e.
>
> Sing.	Dual	Pl.
>
> komo	ko		komo
>
> Conversely, the word for "grass" would be marked in the singular (i.e. "a
> blade of grass) and dual and unmarked in the plural:
>
> Sing.	Dual	Pl.
>
> lolomo	lolo		lolo
>
Oops! "lolomo" should appear in the plural too ;-)

Jeff
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