Help please

[Richley Crapo]

Is that -ni ("customary tense") equivalent to a noun formative suffix?
Richley 

>>> schwallr at mrs.umn.edu 06/29/04 13:22 PM >>>
At 01:50 PM 6/29/2004, you wrote:
>Actually, tecuani literally means "one who eats people", and is more
>generically translated as beast. So, an ocelotl can be considered a
>tecuani, but a tecuani is not necessarily always an ocelotl.


The other important thing is that while "tecuani" functions as a noun for
us, it is technically the customary form of the verb.  Taken apart it is
"te:-cua:-ni"
"te:" direct object - someone
"cua:" verb stem - eat
"ni" customary tense

"he/she/it customarily eats someone (i.e. people)





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