Re: The Magical Tree (Translation project)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 24, 1999, 1:40 |
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FFlores wrote:
> You may notice the similarity between imal- 'eat' and
> imald- 'fill, feed'. It's not coincidental, of course,
> but I'm trying to see if I find another example of that
> -d in verb roots. How would you call it, BTW? Not a
> passive...
It's similar to a causative, "cause to eat" isn't too far from "feed".
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