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possession vs. ghaj

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: possession vs. ghaj
• Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:19:56 EDT

As
someone else pointed out, "Quch Hab ghaj SoSlI'" may refer to a scalp that
your mother has kept as a trophy -- certainly not an insult.  Whereas
"Hab SoSlI' Quch" most definitely refers to "your mother's forehead

it can be a separate forehead as a trophy too, can't it, and not the one of 
her own body?  then all of the objections against using {ghaj} would also apply 
to this noun-noun possessive, i think.  they're both applicable and equally 
ambiguous.

lay'tel SIvten

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