tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 04 09:34:53 1995
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}} Re: prefixes + wI'
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: }} Re: prefixes + wI'
- Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 08:34:53 -0500
Riku Anttila writes:
>What you think of:
>
>DururwI' = Picture of you (thing which resembles you)
>rurwI'Daj = Your picture (your thing which resembles [someone])
>mururwI'Daj = Your picture of me (your thing which resembles me)
Ouch. My own argument compels me to accept these as grammatical.
I had previously said that {-wI'} only makes sense with a third-person
subject, but I failed to notice that the prefixes {Du-}, {lI-}, {mu-} and
{nu-} could apply. Thank you for pointing this out.
-- ghunchu'wI'