Re: USAGE: 'born'

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

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