Horse rig story

[James Crippen]

On 9/17/06, vincent yann <janilta at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Unrelated to the list but...sometimes the 'stem'  of
> Japanese 'adjectives' is a noun, sometimes it isn't.
> 'Haya' does not mean anything in itself.
> Strictly speaking, 'hayai' is not written the same (in
> kanji) when meaning 'fast' or 'early'.
> Cheers, Yann

Yep, that's why I didn't call it a "root". It can't stand by itself as
something useful. The difference between root and stem is important in
NW Coast languages as well, actually, although not so much in CJ.

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