Re: [tied] Re: Nominative: A hybrid view

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

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> Taking in consideration the declination of other Albanian names: (g.)
> grue, (t.) grua, pl. gratë 'women'; (g.) krue, (t.) krua, pl.
> kroje 'wells', where -j- is euphonic sound; fyell, pl.
> fyje 'flutes', I dare say that in cases of dorë, pl. (g.) duer, (t.)
> duar 'hands' and derë, pl. dyer, we have to deal not with dual
> marker *-e, but with the cases of singularized plurals.

Could you explain how that is meant? Why would 'hand' have *-e:- and
'door' *-o:- in their plurals? What evidence do you have in mind?

Jens