Re: oops

Hi!

Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...> writes:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:40:09 -0500, Matt Arriola <azathoth500@...> wrote:
>
> >I think I accidentally made Kur polysynthetic.
I did that on purpose. :-)

> > I was translating
> >TNWATS and I ended up with this monster word:
> >
> >jehũ̀hà zgeslỳz, "we will cause to disrobe"
> >
> >CAUS-un-FTR-cloak-1st.PL
> >
> >Although, hũ̀ is attached to geslỳ for a combined meaning of "disrobe"
>
> Tell me about it! :)
> Doing the same for Xinkùtlan I ended up with this Frankenword:
>
> durosuìqùinuduìmai
> "The one who is able to cause to disrobe".
>
> Of course, Xinkùtlan already was fairly close to being polysynthetic!
Speaking of polysynthesis, this is Qthyn|gai, which is designed to be
polysynthetic:

  N=y|ky`n|árunda||kúhhín|y`tuisty!kíu.

  'We(two) will make him put off his cloak.'

  n=          y    |k      y`    n|á  ru     nda   ||kú  hhí   =>
  evidence    case class   val   stem degree affix affix affix =>
  declaration PRD  culture P*,A* wear not    cause FUT   AGI-3 =>
                                 \_make_put_off__/

  => n|y`   tui   sty  !kíu(`/a)
  => stem   affix stem number
  => jacket over  1    two
     \_cloak___/  \_we(2)___/

  P*,A*= patient and agent incorporated
  PRD=   predicative case
  FUT=   future tense
  AGI=   agitative case (marks the agent (controller) of 'wear' here)
  1=     1st person
  3=     3rd person

I pushed it to the limit: usually 'we', 'cloak' and 'him' (the
traveller) would have to be inferred from context, since the language
is pro-drop, but I wanted a long word here. :-)

Also, 'the one who is able to cause putting off a cloak' would be:

  ngy|kùn|árundarqýn|auhhín|y`tui

That's in perceptual evidence.

**Henrik