Hi Rene,

>Why not just say that Bh compounds can also end with an adj.?

Because they can't.

>After all, they function as adjectives.

Compounds ending in adjectives like the examples you provide are not
exocentric. It is precisely the exocentric reference that
characterizes the bahubbiihi. This is explained in the following two
wikipedia articles. Interestingly they provide a large number of
examples of english bahubbiihis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahuvrihi

best regards,

/Rett






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