wakhan in nominal position

[bi1 at soas.ac.uk]

Ho hecetu.  Pilamayaye.  As they say in Arabic.  "If someone
teaches me but a word, I become to him a slave"

Bruce

On 6 Jun 2002, at 9:42, napsha51 at aol.com wrote:

> taku shkanshkan is never an alternative word for God, it means all those  moving/living things that are a part of taku wakxan or wakxan txanka.
>
> the two words hold a huge power, whether you use, taku wakxan or wakxan txanka, it  has a feeling connected to it, when I use the word, taku shkanshkan with it, so I give tobacco for it


Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS