Re: [tied] Re: Kabardian antipassives

From: enlil@...
Message: 33923
Date: 2004-08-30

Me to Morten:
> http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~classics/Chap4.pdf

One thing about this link however is that while much of it is reasonable,
there are some very bad claims laced within the pdf that must be
questioned.

One such false claim is that /un/ means 'you', the second person singular.
This is outright garbage. The word is found in sentences like /turi-s mi
un-e ame/ which is literally "Turi-GEN I libation-LOC am" or "I am with
libation for Turi", inscribed on a cup. The word /un/ means "libation",
there is no doubt, and is even found as I've been saying in the Minoan
texts /U-NA-KA-NA-SI/. It is written to reflect actual */una kanasi/ "a
libation being poured", which would be equivalent to Etruscan */un
cenasa/.
Wherever /un/ is found inscribed, the meaning of 2ps cannot be rationally
applied to it. I expect the 2ps to be *zi but is so far unattested to this
day in any known Etruscan texts.


= gLeN