From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 27290
Date: 2003-11-16
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:Yes.
>> 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.
>In the t-less form of the numerals 3-10, I seeYes, of course (the nunation is -in, not -un, in the case of 8).
>nunation/mimation noted in all forms in Arabic,
>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: