Re: New Language: Borg
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 25, 1998, 17:30 |
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Terrence Donnelly wrote:
> That's not completely true. There are many words that are not
> monosyllables and also not compounds of monosyllables, such as
> /QoghIj/ 'brain', /jInaq/ 'amulet'. Whether these are loan-words,
> worn-down remnants of original CVC-CVC compounds or original roots
> we can't say at our present stage of knowledge.
I said *almost* no polysyllabic roots, not *no* polysyllabic roots.
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