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Re: EAK update

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Thursday, September 20, 2007, 6:16
Philip Newton wrote:
> On 9/19/07, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote: > >>Philip Newton wrote:
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>>>- 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 -- Ray ================================== ray@carolandray.plus.com http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== Nid rhy hen neb i ddysgu. There's none too old to learn. [WELSH PROVERB]

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