LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.12.20 (08) [E]

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20 December 2005 * Volume 08
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <godsquad at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.12.20 (05) [E]

*ta- (> ka): (personalizing agent prefix)
*funga (> huna): minute particle, detail; secret, hidden, obscure

Those little things, like the personalizing prefixes and such are one of my
favorite parts of linguistics. Thanks so much.
'Io Lani.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Grammar

Mahalo, 'Io-Lani!

Good to know what really floats your boat.  Given that you are that easily 
entertained, I'd give you a Christmas of a lifetime if I were Santa Claus 
(a.k.a. Father Christmas).  I have whole basement and attic rooms full of 
that stuff.

I suggest you look into Uralic and/or Altaic, though in those cases you'd 
have to make do with suffixes rather than with prefixes.

The Tungusic languages other than Manchu are a particular joy in that 
regard.  You'd probably faint on account of overstimulation.

Aloha!
Reinhard/Ron 

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