Re: Question
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> | 
| Date: | Thursday, June 24, 1999, 17:04 | 
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> At 00:23 24/06/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >In my ancestral language, Old Kassi', there was a suffix, -(h)e', that I
> >call "completive".  It indicates that the verb is "completed".  Some
> >examples are piha's (learn), pihase' (know); ke"lo's (stab), ke"lose'
> >(stab to death).  Is that a legitimate term, or should I use another
> >term?
> >
>
>         Well, I think it's a pretty legitimate term, and I even think other
> conlangers use it as well. Am I wrong?
I use it in my section on verbs in Teonaht.  It's a replacement for the
"perfect."
Sally