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On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:13:26PM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> xorxes:
[...]
> > >3. CAhA, da'i, mu'ei etc
> >
> > ka'e = su'omu'ei
> > ca'a = <this>mu'ei
> > nu'o = ka'e jenai ca'a
> > pu'i = ?
>
> So we are in agreement that "is innately capable" is a mis-gloss
> of {ka'e}? You, me, Adam and, I see, Jordan seem to be. I.e. it
> means {cumki} more than {kakne}.
Eh? I think it *is* kakne. I see {su'omu'ei} as a reasonable
explaination of what kakne means (there's probably a different (more
restricted) accessability relation going on than for cumki though).
Or actually su'oba'oi would be better, no?
> I too can't see a meaning for pu'i as usefully distinct from ca'a.
pu'i is time related and cannot be paraphrased with only ka'e and
ca'a---you need PU also.
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