Re: [tied] Re: Risoe fo the Feminine (was: -osyo 3)

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:10:47 -0700 (PDT),
enlil@... wrote:

>Ugh. I'm getting confused because I don't know what you people
>want me to write anymore. *xawi-/*hWawi-, it's all pointless to
>what I was saying. Start a new thread if you're dismayed. In
>fact, both "sheep" and "bird" show the i-collective anyways.

"Bird" certainly doesn't.

"Sheep" is an i-stem (or perhaps an oy-stem). There's
nothing "collective" about the i-stems: the vast majority of
them are animate nouns in *-is. i-stem neuters are rare.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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