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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