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> la and cusku di'e
>
> >{na ku ko'a ja'a cai bajra} means "It is not the case that he
> >is very much running (but he might nonetheless be running to some
> >other (lesser? -- details yet to be thrashed out) extent", IMO.
> >That is, the information added by {cai} falls within the scope
> >of the negation.
>
> This is probably not relevant to you point (with which I agree),
> but anyway... Shouldn't {ja'a}, given that it is in NA, have the
> same exporting privileges as {na}? In that case, you'd have
> to say {na ku ja'a cai ku ko'a bajra} to get the wanted scope.
Yes, but the NA-scoping rule is one I do hope will Die in the Arse.
--And.