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Re: [jboske] cu & ja'a



la and cusku di'e

> How does {lenu broda ja'a brode} parse? As {lenu broda ja'a ku kei 
> cu brode}, or as {{lenu broda kei ku cu ja'a brode}? The latter looks
> more intuitive, but the former is more consistent with the principle
> of late closure.

Jbofi'e gives the latter. {ku} is not an elidable terminator in {naku},
{ja'aku}. I can't quite understand why, but I think that's how it is. 

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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