Re: More Nyenya'a
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 19, 2001, 2:07 |
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, William Annis wrote:
> >sura NopobirE
> >chapter first
> >
> >kitoba-no erupakakoto
> >book-GEN opening
> >
> >alaxu-no atEra-na alaxu-wa sawa alaxu-wa EriSElE?
> >Allah-GEN name-LOC Allah-TOP good Allah-TOP merciful
>
> Oh. There has got to be some way you can work in something
> other than "good" for "beneficent." In the Arabic, especially, there
> is such a clear relationship between these two attributes:
Hm. What about a compound such as good+wanting or somesuch?
---frank