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Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions



stevo wrote:
> Ah, yes, it is strictly members of Carnivora, not just any collection that
> English calls a pack.  Each classifier can have this kind of group word.  I
> don't really like it, but it's inherited from Latejami, and I haven't
> changed it (yet).

Yes. If the classifier is supposed to always be semantically precise
then it doesn't make sense, since a group of carnivores isn't a kind
of carnivore. What about having "pack/herd/swarm/school of" as a
productive affix? Then it will also be possible to make "pack (of
wolves)" and such words.

--
Veoler