Re: Some more Madzhi grammar
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 18, 2002, 17:14 |
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Michael Poxon scripsit:
> By "noun to verb" I take it he means something like "farmer" > "farm"
> (though in every language I've met, it goes the other way).
English mostly derives nouns from verbs, but there are sporadic noun > verb
processes: "burglar" > "burgle", "peddler" (aka "pedlar") > "peddle",
and even "butler" > "buttle".
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