Re: [tied] All of creation in Six and Seven

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:48:12 +0000, elmeras2000 <jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 17:20:39 +0000, elmeras2000 <jer@...> wrote:
>> >I find the occurrence of nunation in the numerals quite
>bewildering.
>> >The -t- forms practical all end in -tun, but the short forms only
>> >have -un here and there.
>>
>> You've lost me. -tun in Ge'ez?
>
>No, I mean across the Semitic languages; Ge'ez has -tu(:) where
>Arabic has -tun.

Yes.

>In the t-less form of the numerals 3-10, I see
>nunation/mimation noted in all forms in Arabic,

Yes, of course (the nunation is -in, not -un, in the case of 8).

>while Ge'ez has -u (-u:) in 6-10, but not in 3-5,

Except 8 (sama:ni).

>and Akkadian has -u in all except 7.

I don't think so. The Akkadian feminine forms are:

construct non-construct
3 s^ala:s^ s^ala:s^u(m)
4 erb(e/a) erba'u(m) (erbû(m))
5 hamis^ hams^u(m)
6 *s^is^s^ s^es^s^u(m)
7 sebe *seb`u(m) (sebû(m))
8 sama:ne sama:nu(m)
9 tis^e *tis^`u(m) (tis^û(m))
10 es^(e/i)r es^ru(m)

All the non-construct nominatives end in -u(m), as is the case in the
masculines:

construct non-construct
3 s^ala:s^at s^ala:s^tu(m)
4 erbet erbettu(m)
5 hams^at hamis^tu(m)
6 s^es^s^et s^edis^tu(m)
7 sebet sebettu(m)
8 sama:nat sama:ntu(m)
9 tis^i:t t(e/i)s^i:tu(m)
10 es^eret es^ertu(m)


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