Re: [tied] Re: Syntax and a bit of help

>> English: in the long, dark nights.
>
> dHlngHús westós nékWti.
> "In the long and 'clothed' nights."

Lars:

> Is this IE before the split from Anatolian having no
> special oblique endings for the plural? Wouldn't
> kernel IE display something like *dHlngHúsu westósu
> nékwtsu.

Oh that's right. The word is animate, not inanimate
(dunce cap for me) so therefore has a plural. Good
eye. We should collaborate together and offer
PIE Translation Services for a fee ;)

> Or perhaps even in bit older stage
> *dlngH&w west& nekwt-ambhi.

I think that's too "old" for his purposes. I don't
think he wanted pre-IE... yet :)


= gLeN




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