Re: A Self-segregating morphology (was: Guinea pigs invited)

Hi!

Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...> writes:
>...
> They do use them extensively! _kataba_ 'he wrote', _yuktubu_ 'he writes',
> _ka:tibu_ 'he who writes', _kati:bu_ 'written', _maktabu_ '(place) of
> writing' that is 'school' (with prefix m-) etc.
One more famous one: the word that made it into many, many other langs
as a loan and seems to be a prototype in such lists:
_kitab_ (pl. _kutub_) 'book'.  (e.g. in Turkish, Suahili, ...).

**Henrik

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