Indian perfume set.

R. Rankin rankin at ku.edu
Sun Oct 26 15:20:47 UTC 2003


> Another
> remnant of ppi might be seen in ppiduba 'some
more' (duba 'more'), as in,
> MakkaN sabe ppiduba akkigdhize ttiNkhe, 'I'm
going to get myself some more
> coffee.'  I'm sure there must be some more
instances of ppi....

Interesting.  This seems to sort of parallel the
English use of 'good' in "I walked a good bit
before I got tired." or "I drank a good lot of
coffee in order to stay awake."

Bob



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