Re: Noun and noun or noun

On Tue, 18 May 1999 15:41:02 EDT "From
Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" <Lassailly@...>
writes:
>I just finished designing Tunu nominal forms. Below are examples :
>
>How do your conlangs deal with definite, abstract, collective, etc.
>nouns ?
>
>Mathias
>
Well, i'm not sure exactly what those words mean, but here's what
Rokbeigalmki has:

the Definite article is _-a_ [?a], so:

ezihd = (a) raft
ezihd-a = the raft

Abstract nouns are formed by adding the root _-tzat_ [(ts)at], which by
itself means "existence", to the end:

mald = (a) human
mald-tzat = human-ness

sednu = peace (a 'tangible' example, like saying "the enemy is dead;
there is peace in the land now")
sednu-tzat = peace (the concept of peace, as in "the opposite of war is
peace")

However, in Ancient Rokbeigalmki, it was opposite - the "specific"
singular form had a suffix, _-n_, and the "abstract" form didn't, so they
had:

sednun = an instance of peace
sednu = the concept of peace

Collectives, if i'm understanding the them correctly, are used just like
other words.  Although probably when a collective is being contrasted
with a singular, the singular would use _-n_.


-Stephen (Steg)

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