Re: EAK update

Philip Newton wrote:
> On 9/19/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
>
>>Philip Newton wrote:
[snip]
>>>- are there forms for "...ever"? For example, Modern Greek has ό,τι
>>>"whatever", όπου "wherever", όποτε "whenever", όσο "however many",
>>>όπως "however, in whichever way", όποιος "whoever", and όποιο
>>>"whichever (adj.)", to which -δήποτε can be added for emphasis
>>>(οτιδήποτε, οποιοδήποτε etc.).
>>
>>Which is practically the same as the ancient language. I'm not sure at
>>the moment about "whoever" and "whatever" (ό,τι is to similar to ότι for
>>my liking),
>
>
> Yes -- no doubt the reason why this is the only word written with
> hypodiastole in Modern Greek.
It's sometimes printed the same way in ancient texts also.

> I wonder whether a form such as όποτι could be considered, but it's
> probably too contrived for Peanou to have considered it seriously.
It is.

> Ότινα and ότινο seem viable enough, though, and even have plausible
> derivations (from όντινα and ούτινος, respectively).
Yes, they are certainly possible. I need to see how the EAK equivalent
of relative clauses works out first, I think, before turning my mind to
indefinite relatives.

> Perhaps άττα for ό τι/ό,τι, even if it's originally plural? Or ότο < ότου?
I had thought of άττα, but not of ότο - we'll see.

>>but όποτε "whenever", όσο "however many", όπως "however, in
>>whichever way" are the EAK forms - but I must add that όποιο in EAK
>>means "of whatever kind" and, of course, "wherever" is όποθι.
>
>
> Naturally.
>
> Όσο will then be homophonous, but that seems less of a problem than
> the ό,τι/ότι case.
Ooops! "however many" should be όποσο

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