-eh and -huah

[Frances Karttunen]

But Susana isn't querying about michmehhuah.

She seems to be inquiring about a possessor noun derived from the  
reduplicated distributive form of mich-in, namely mihmich-

I would hazard the guess that it would be acceptable with the sense  
of 'possessor of several different sorts of fish.'

BTW, the plural is -huahqueh with a final saltillo/glottal stop, not  
huahque.

Fran Karttunen


On Sep 10, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Michael McCafferty wrote:

> Susana,
>
> I believe the first element is always the simple noun stem, not the
> plural form.
> So, the quantity would not be explicit. This is a common feature of
> Nahuatl, quantity ambiguity. The inanimate nouns, for example.
>
> But "Michmehhuah" sounds funny to me.
>
> Michael
>
>
> Quoting Susana Moraleda <susana at losrancheros.org>:
>
>> Campbell/Karttunen and Sullivan are not very clear on the various  
>> uses
>> of -eh and -huah as regards quantities.
>> Could anyone please confirm that I'm right on the following please?
>>
>> ONE who has ONE fish - michhuah
>> MANY who have ONE fish - michhuahque
>> ONE who has MANY fishes - mimichhuah
>> MANY who have MANY fishes - mimichhuahque
>>
>> Thank you!!!
>>
>> Susana
>>
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