Re: [tied] Re: Monovocalism: sequel

From: mcv@...
Message: 33390
Date: 2004-07-05

Jens wrote:
> No, it's an old noun, and the subjunctive stem is an old adjective
> stem made from it. There are many typological parallels, I'm told.
> The one I know is from Eskimo.

Maybe I missed it (I'm reading mail through a web interface which I'm not accustomed to), but what is the Eskimo parallel?

Finnic used the adjectival suffix [-(i)nen/]-(i)sa- to make the verbal conditional, if I'm not mistaken.