Re: Burushaski

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:39:37 -0000, "stlatos"
<stlatos@...> wrote:

>*xne:r > *hri:r > hir 'man'; Arm. ayr
>*swekYuros > *skWekWuraz > *skkur > -skir 'father-in-law'

>*gWenxik- > *gwenx,kY- > gus 'woman', Arm. kin
>*swekYru:x > *skWes^ru: > *sksu > -skus 'mother-in-law'
>*yuu-wn-ka:x > yugus 'daughter' (prob. borrowed)

Isn't it obvious that <-skir> "father-in-law" and <-skus>
"mother-in-law" (the - implies that a possessor prefix is
required) are straightforwardly derived within Burushaski
itself from <hir> "man" and <gus> "woman" (the same would
seem to apply to <gus> => <yugus> "daughter")?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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