Re: Circumfixes?

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 04:56:19 -0500 Danny Wier <dawier@...> writes:
> "at" + noun-nom = adessive "at, on"
> "at" + noun-acc = allative "onto"
> "at" + noun-gen = ablative "from"
> "in" + noun-nom = inessive "in"
> "in" + noun-acc = illative "into"
> "in" + noun-gen = ellative "out of"
> English does this too, just with compounded prepositions like
> "onto", "out of",
> "upon".
> Anybody else use circumfixes or circumpositions in their conlang, or
> a dual-morpheme case marking system?
> ~DaW~
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Rokbeigalmki doesn't use circumfixes, but it's case/preposition system
can compound.  When that happens, the first stays in the normal 'short'
form, while the second disconnects and assumes it's 'long' form.

for example:
ta' (long form: taur) = in
wa' (long form: waur) = to
ra' (long form: raur) = outside
la' (long form: laur) = on
nga' (long form: ngaur) = from

wa'+la' = wa'laur = onto
wa'+ta' = wa'taur = into
la'+ta' = la'taur = hanging from the ceiling
ra'+ra' = ra'raur = completely/far outside
nga'+la' = nga'laur = above
wa'+wa' = wa'waur = towards

wa'waju-a = to the house
ta'waju-a = in the house
wa'taur waju-a = into the house

The 'long forms' of the caseprefixes/prepositions are also nouns:

taur-a = the inside
laur-a = the surface
ngaur-a = the source
waur-a = the destination


-Stephen (Steg)
 "i have seen the others, and i have discovered
  that this fight is not worth fighting;
  i have seen their mothers, and i will no other
  to follow me where i'm going.
  so take a shower, shine your shoes;
  you ain't got time to lose;
  you are young men, you must be living -
  go now, you are forgiven..."
     ~ "the general"