[jbovlaste] Re: the common cold and the flu

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 30 October 2009 13:43:13 komfo,amonan wrote:
> You're coining two words for one concept, unless I'm missing something.
> Another approach would be to leave the place structure of {bilma} in place
> for its derived fu'ivla. Hence, {lo tolvutu} would be the sufferer & {lo te
> tolvutu} would be the disease.

I don't see a need for x3 of "bilma" in a word for "has <a specific> disease". 
x3 is the disease, which is specified, so I leave it off. As to having two 
words, we have the same in English: "rabies" and "rabid", "diabetes" 
and "diabetic", and so on.

Pierre
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