Language Questions

[Michael Mccafferty]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Mark David Morris wrote:

> I am having a few quanderies in these moments about word forms and
> meanings.
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> 1) tlasotlaloni - why add l with -oni? (tlasohtla, verb, to love,
> tlasotlaloni, adjective lovable)

this is literally "tlasotlalo," the passive 'he/she is loved' plus -ni,
'the one who' => the one who is loved, i.e., 'loveable'


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> 2) icnelilia -  Which adjective, icno or icniuh, forms with the verb
> nelihui to mean "give unto someone."
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hmmmm..neither?

> 3) imoteicnelih-tzin.  Principally, what happens in the reflexive?  But,
> in general ????????.  I have taken a stab with "your have given unto Men,"
> but it sounds a bit awkward, so say the least.
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"your givingness"?



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> Any, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more
> grief. Eccl 1:18
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> To realize that our knowledge is ignorance, this is a noble insight. To
> regard our ignorance as knowledge, this is mental sickness.  Only when we
> are sick of our sickness, shall we cease to be sick.  The Sage is not
> sick, being sick of sickness; This is the secret of health.  TTC 71
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> MDM, PhD Candidate
> Dept. of History, Indiana Univ.
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Michael McCafferty
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