More regarding "wa"

[R. Rankin]

Is (wa-)nidhe a causative?  Looks like one.  I'm
assuming that the internal bracketting is [[wa]
[[ni] [dhe]]].  The semantics of the derivational
process here seem fairly consistent, although one
wouldn't expect the semantic outcome of derivation
necessarily to be predictable.  I can't decide
right off whether I consider this (apparently
nominalizing) WA- to be related to our other WA's
synchronically or not.  But "one morpheme or
two??" is an ancient and vexed question when one
tried to a strictly synchronic grammar.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
>   wa-sabe = 'the one that is black'
>   wa-s^abe = 'the one that is dark'
>   wa-xube = 'the one that is holy'
>   wa-z^iNga = 'the one that is small'
>   wa-z^ide = 'the one that is red'
>
> These are all stative verbs, but it looks as if
> active verbs can be used in the same way:
>
>   wa-nidhe = 'the one that heals'