Colourless green ideas, crystallophagy

>    From: Matt McLauchlin <matt_mcl@...>
>Subject: Colourless green ideas, crystallophagy, verbly adjectives
>
>"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously"
<snip>
gwa'leneimon hiyako'nde halaze'ze'
g<w>a:.'le.nej.mon ,i.ja.'ko:n.d<h> ,a.la.'ze:.ze:
gwa'len-eim-o-n-0  hiyak-o'nde halaz-en-ze'
sleep-IND-IMPF-3-sg leap-ADV think-ININSTR-INNOMSG
zapgebendhaze' ned tyelendhaze'.
zab.,ge.ben.'d<h>a.ze: net ,t<j>e.len.'d<h>a.ze:
zab-geben-d<h>a.ze'       ned tyelen-dha-ze'
without-color-ADJ-INNOMPL and green-ADJ-INNOMPL
continue sleeping leapingly ideas colorless and green.
Note the following:
1a. final short vowels elide when followed by an initial (h)V.
1b. if the following word begins with an h, a preceding stop becomes an
aspirate.
2. nz, mz -> z with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel
This is why there is only one infinative in Lahabic. The indicative stem
ejm- +so: > ejso:, while the subjective stem ei- +so: -> ejso:.
The acc sg of 'idea' remains  halazento'r.
3. Stops assimilate in to the voice(less)ness of the following word
4. the verb is imperfect because it is continuous (Lahabic present is close
to an aorist meaning).
5. -dha- is the adjectival suffix used if one wishes to remain vague about
animacy.
>
>"I can eat glass, it does not hurt me"
The Islanders haven't invented glass. So:
kyeltyuwuneimon dara'lalei
k<j>el.t<j>u:.'wu:.nej.mon ,da.ra:.'la.lej
kyel-tyuwun-eim-o-n-0   dara'l-a-lei
not-harm-IND-IMPF-3-sg able-INAG-INNOMSG
pya'rendekhemitabwoz nakwa.
,p<j>a:.ren.,de.k<h>e.'mi.ta.b<w>o: 'na.k<w>a
pya'ren-de-khemit-a-bwoz    na-kwa
sharp-INGEN-eat-INAG-INGENSG  I-ANDATSG
the ability of sharp-thing-eating does not harm me.
1.'Nakwa' is in the dative because harming is (anti-)benefactive.
Classical Lahabic:
gwa'leni'mon yako'n alze'ze' zabgendhaze' ne tyendhaze'
kyeltyu'ewu'eni'mon dara'lali' pya'reqkhentabwoz nakh
q=N
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