Re: Zero-ness

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, nicole perrin wrote:

> Patrick Dunn wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 2000/08/09 01:43:02 AM, hsteoh@QUICKFUR.YI.ORG wrote:
> > >
> > > >"Plural nouns" and "singular nouns" are easily understood, but "zero
> > > >nouns" may be misread to mean no nouns, instead of a noun in its zero
> > > >number... so I need a better term! Suggestions will be appreciated!
> >
> > I seem to recall in the FAQ something about a case indicating lack.
> > Partative?  Hmm.
>
> Partitive is usually used to mean some of something.  You may be
> thinking of abessive.  One of my langs uses this to mean "without" or
> "lacking."
*snaps fingers*  Abessive.  That was it.

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