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And Rosta scripsit:
> It depends what "explain {le'e}" means. In earlier discussion I
> explained how the meaning "stereotypical" was arrived at, but
> argued that it was inconsistent with the regular relation between
> o-gadri and e-gadri and that the meaning {le'e} should have is
> clear but other than "stereotypical".
CLL 6.5 explicitly debunks this term as only semi-appropriate.
In fact le'e = lo'e me le, the result of myopically singularizing
the critters you have in mind.
--
John Cowan jcowan@hidden.email www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan
"The exception proves the rule." Dimbulbs think: "Your counterexample proves
my theory." Latin students think "'Probat' means 'tests': the exception puts
the rule to the proof." But legal historians know it means "Evidence for an
exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from."