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Re: [saweli] Re: quote of the day - elaborated

In a message dated 6/6/2007 2:56:16 PM Central Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:


was thinking about "to protect somone from something". This would be
A/P/F-s. But if you derive it from "safe", which actually is
"protected by someone from something"...

It feels like there is missing something. A/P/F-s should be possible.


A/P/F-s is not only possible, but it's easy to obtain.  But since there is no classifier with that arg structure, you have to modify some other arg structure.  
The word for 'protect, safeguard, keep safe, defend' is "sutranvop", derived from "sutrak" - 'safe, secure'.

The suffix "vo" added to the P-s root makes the result "A/P-s" (due to the "o"; the "v" serves only as a consonant here).  To make A/P/F-s, just add "w": "vwo": sutranvwop - make something safe, secure from.

stevo