Received: from mail-gg0-f186.google.com ([209.85.161.186]:63870) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TmKRj-0003P5-49; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:45 -0800 Received: by mail-gg0-f186.google.com with SMTP id y6sf2704475ggc.3 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:x-received:received-spf:date:from :to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :user-agent:sender:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; bh=aNUx1gaBGwkkc7DNXfkFGWVOsYG5OcXLpGBLCwUflIA=; b=Gettp8FlQ844LAaIdKglZBUdQxaGKXd9ncVBGB10O7ygprr+L15yr/g5OFXLVevm3C PGb0ia77JSMd11qIrrsyZd3fE7K2VinsDFqNaiEOqK6W4vqWOWcvSzkPxvEU9yNtX45i PosrH2BsNMOwQmvAnwmc/kpPYDN8NXqdAYlF1WyqJupOuP4uHjLDKYvucdpgEZiLzJgw rUpI2Drj7NM9yzWFeIY4H6OwkyHBcJksOYiW7rff8M3W3MuDeiAEPzM1Qc3wgSUu1ePs V5RzPRKmKI0twy53IJCqBfoxa6EHdB7OsRfeOMjH/CDKf/Teuv8Ecnp102bTjUxfD/qC YhKg== X-Received: by 10.49.34.135 with SMTP id z7mr2411866qei.1.1356164912776; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.49.94.201 with SMTP id de9ls2262734qeb.5.gmail; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.58.85.106 with SMTP id g10mr7515779vez.2.1356164912575; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.58.85.106 with SMTP id g10mr7515778vez.2.1356164912564; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from earth.ccil.org (earth.ccil.org. [192.190.237.11]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h20si4416227vdg.3.2012.12.22.00.28.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:28:32 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of cowan@ccil.org designates 192.190.237.11 as permitted sender) client-ip=192.190.237.11; Received: from cowan by earth.ccil.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TmKRc-0007HY-7F for bpfk-list@googlegroups.com; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:28:32 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:28:32 -0500 From: John Cowan To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [bpfk] polysemy of {nai} Message-ID: <20121222082832.GA16275@mercury.ccil.org> References: <20121208182108.GI30125@mercury.ccil.org> <20121208194909.GK30125@mercury.ccil.org> <-2630662732168703446@unknownmsgid> <20121209025300.GF10989@mercury.ccil.org> <5f510bca-668c-405a-9fbd-78fbcf8da281@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: cowan@ccil.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of cowan@ccil.org designates 192.190.237.11 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=cowan@ccil.org Reply-To: bpfk-list@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list bpfk-list@googlegroups.com; contact bpfk-list+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 972099695765 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / la gleki scripsit: > The only that bothers me is that > {.uinai} means {sei to'e gleki} Yes. > whereas > {gleki nai} means {na'e gleki} That's ungrammatical as of right now. > which is counterintuitive. -nai means what it is convenient for it to mean in the specific circumstances in which it is legal. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org http://www.ccil.org/~cowan O beautiful for patriot's dream that sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law! --one of the verses not usually taught in U.S. schools -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BPFK" group. To post to this group, send email to bpfk-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bpfk-list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bpfk-list?hl=en.