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Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions
- From: MorphemeAddict@hidden.email
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:13:59 EDT
- Subject: Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions
- To: saweli@yahoogroups.com
In a message dated 4/9/2009 20:55:01 Eastern Daylight Time, veoler@hidden.email writes:
> becis = pack, group of carnivorous animals, especially canines.
Is that explicitly the order Carnivora?
No, it's just a pack of animals, all of the same kind, that would be named with this classifier.
Any member of "Carnivora" is "bes", which is now defined as "carnivore, member of order Carnivora". "Carnivora" itself is "besu".