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Re: NATLANG: What's the sound of Cast ilian <s>?

From:<jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, December 8, 2003, 1:26
Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> However, _undantag_ doesn't contain a negative prefix; it's a compound of the > adverb _undan_ which means basically "away" in the ablative sense; _att ta > undan ngt_ "to take something away", and _tag_, noun related to the verb > _ta_/taga_ "take". So literally something that is taken away.
Which looks very like a calque of "excipere" to me. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com ccil.org/~cowan Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof Deity donated dentition; deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh

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