Re: qama'

[WestphalWz@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/22/1999 12:29:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
whm2m@server1.mail.virginia.edu writes:

<< But that same "clear" statement would likely lead me to ask the 
 question as {nuq DaDab} and not {nuqDaq DaDab}. It is not really 
 all that clear. I'm okay with it being a little vague. If Okrand 
 cares to clear this up more, I'll be delighted. Meanwhile, I 
 don't have the ego to take this on as a personal mission to set 
 Okrand straight on how his language is supposed to work.
  >>


In a prior message from you, you have acknowledged that the word {nuqDaq} is
the word for "where?"  It is NOT simply {nuq} plus a locative.

So, the correct question is {nuqDaq DaDab} and the correct answer is {Shannon
vIDab}, without {-Daq}.  No further reasoning is required to settle this one.

peHruS