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Hi Stevo, OK, this is better...Just for the case of the rhinoceros, this is the depth of explanation I need to understand:
ga - classifier "external animal organ" ga++ = ga'u - classifier "body parts that last beyond the life of the body" kol / klo - modifier "top" (why and when "kol" vs. "klo"?) ga'u + klo = ga'uklo - classifier "horn" bi - classifier "large grazing mammal" bi + ga'uklo + s = bigya'uklos - noun "rhinoceros" Bye, Stephan MorphemeAddict@hidden.email schrieb:
Apostrophes occur in one other place besides in a classifier, and that is in a modifier derived from a classifier by adding "y" after the initial consonant of the classifier. For example,bigya'uklos - rhinoceros.This is derived from classifier "bi-", meaning 'large grazing mammal', and "ga'uklo-", meaning "horn [on an animal]", and then the part-of-speech ending "-s" to make it a noun.Thus, this word "bigya'uklos" literally means 'horned large grazing mammal'.I tend to put the stress immediately after the apostrophe in this case, too.stevo