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Re: Itakian 'to have'(was Re: Varon)

From:Chris Palmer <cecibean@...>
Date:Saturday, January 19, 2002, 19:59
On 19 Jan, nicole dobrowolski wrote:

> as for the adjective thing... there are some adjectives that only > exist as verbs in narethanaal e.g. 'to be wierd' (monki)... so once > the verb is made into the noun 'weirdness' (momonki) a person or thing > would have to possess weirdness... 'the weird girl' becomes 'the girl > possessing wierdness'...
Does reduplication (monki -> momonki) generally turn adjectival verbs in narethanaal, or is this a special case? Do you have a write-up of narethanaal I can look at? -- Chris www.nodewarrior.org/chris cecibean@bitstream.net

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