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Re: USAGE: 'born'

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 19:07
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Dan Sulani wrote:

> "Giving birth to itself". What kind of verb-form is > _that_? > > I'm not sure I could express it, at this point, in rtemmu. > How would other con/nat langs do it?
In Valdyan, obviously, _le nuta_ "to bear oneself". Not that it would make sense with that meaning, so it would probably mean something else, like other active/reflexive pairs: rada swear (e.g. by a god, not "use invective") le rada make up one's mind loda favour (someone) le loda presume, appropriate something abstract rhesa trust, have trust in (someone or something) le rhesa confide in (someone), entrust oneself to (someone) I would imagine it to designate a symbolic birth, like coming out of a ritual changed. Hmmm, I'll think about it. Irina -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas