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Re: THEORY: irregular conlangs

From:Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...>
Date:Thursday, October 7, 1999, 7:21
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, R. Nierse wrote:

> Something like this also occurs in Isthmus Zapotec: > biza?na Pedru 'Pedro's sister' > biza?na Maria 'Maria's brother' > benda Maria 'Maria's sister' > biza?na-be 'his sister / her brother' > > So how to say 'Pedro's brother?'
Probably 'benda Pedru' - 'benda' seems to mean "sibling of one's own sex". Is 'benda-be' "his brother / her sister" ? Irina Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/index.html (English) http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)