Re: Ordering of case names

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:21, Isaac A. Penzev wrote:
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> ObConlang: My quite fresh (and still veeeery raw) project Kumanzha has a
> case called Locative, but its meaning is quite wider. It may be used:
> -- in locative meaning
>
> |vorman| "forest" -- |vormanda| "in (the) forest";
>
> -- in instrumental meaning
>
> |pychak| "knife" -- |pychaxta| "with (a) knife";
>
> -- in comitative (?) meaning (not quite sure yet)
Sounds more "instrumental" to me - "comitative" means "in the company of", so
unless you have a personalized love as in the Herbert poem,

"Love bade me welcome,\
"But my heart drew back\
"Guilty of dust and sin ..." etc

you would be using it as an instrumental.  Ie, the 70s pop song:

"killing me softly\
"with his love ..."

But sounds good.  Keep us informed!
>
> |sövmek| "love" -- |sövmekte| "with love".
>
> Yitzik
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wesley Parish

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