Re: Thalassan possessive and object suffixes

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:

> _mijai kapha_ 'my head' (inalienable)
> _sjai kapha_ 'his head' (" ")
> _qaunai kapha_ 'the dog's head' (" ")
>
> _vikhamis_ 'my house' (alienable)
> _mijas vikha_ '*my* house' (emphatic alienable)
> _saris vikha_ 'the woman's house' (alienable)
...and...

> Hanrun qaununqin vit'an.  Hanar t'ukhassjan.
> man.sg.acc dog.sg.acc.AND see.ACTIND.1sg.  man.sg.nom
lead.ACTIND.3sg.3sgO.
> "I saw a man and a dog.  The man was walking [lit. 'leading'] it."
Wait, wait, wait.  From what I've picked up, this language
is supposed to be pre-IE European.  While I'm inclined to
believe this as far as the grammar goes, the vocab has IE
in bright flashy letters written on it.

Compare:

1st sg: Th mim, Latin me
2nd sg: Th thim, Latin te
3rd sg: Th sjam, Latin se

dog: Th qaunun, Latin canem, Greek kunon
see: Th vit'-, Latin vide-
lead: Th t'ukh-, Latin duc-
head: Th kapha, Latin caput, Greek kephalon

In fact, the words with obvious Latinate roots appear to
outnumber the original ones.  I strongly suggest you go
through the effort of making up a set of basic non-IE
roots for your lostlang family if you want it to have any
verisimilitude.


-- Christian Thalmann