Re: How naturalistic is this? Colors & Composition in Sein'

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Is there any reason not to analyze these as prefixes?  I.e.,
> r�mo tl�dh
> Sword metal-black [...]
Yeah, though it's not apparent in those examples. The contrast arises in
forms of the noun other than the nominative singular, where the
inflectional suffixes appear after the material marker, like so:

NOM: ro:mot le:dh, ro:moce le:dh
ACC: ro:mote:n, ro:moce:n

&c.

Plus, Sein. doesn't permit word-internal clustering of /l/ and /r/. ^_^

--
The front of the prayer hall was one long bank of windows, Feneng
discovered. Each was covered with a sheet of black paper, and the
acolyte touched each paper with the lamp in turn. The fire slowly
receded to reveal the sun hanging low over the horizon, and below it,
something flat and covered with mirrors. Feneng gasped.

"It is the sea," someone whispered.

Shreyas Sampat
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