[YG Conlang Archives] > [jboske group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> If {gunma} is a mass-component relationship, the gi'uste is wrong.
Not so much wrong as badly worded, but yes, I do think x2 of gunma
is a set. Plurals in gismu list entries are always a danger signal.
pagbu is the part-whole relationship, and p2 is explicitly called a
mass.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@hidden.email
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
--_The Hobbit_