Re: Test and more.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 18, 1999, 23:07 |
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Fabian wrote:
> <lil> is an odd word here, as it can mean 'to the' or 'to a'. A flaw in
> Maltese disambiguation not found in other particles.
What's the origin of this {lil}? I'd assume that, since Maltese is
derived from Arabic, that in the sense "to the" it comes from a
contraction of something with "al"? Perhaps something like "li al" or
"lil al"?
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