Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:27:02 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>> As a cat "owner", I'm also pretty sure that the "me" in "me-ow" is
>a first
>> person singular personal pronoun.
>
>Then the '-ow' would be a reflex of second element of the other 1 sg
>pronoun *eg^(h)-o-m.

Nah. If <me-> is "me", then <-ow> is clearly the verb "wanna". The
grammatical object is suprasegmentally incorporated in the verb by means of
a complex tonal system, for which I lack an adequate notation.


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