On 9 May 2010 22:14, Ian Johnson
<blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
What happens if the seltau and tertau are identical? Does the seltau only contribute its "different" meaning to the tertau in forming the tanru, and so something like "mother kind of mother" is redundant and unnecessary? Or could {mamta mamta} be a way of saying "grandmother" (perhaps "maternal grandmother")?
It ultimately depends on how its place structure is defined. An old wordlist already had "mampa'u" (mamta-patfu) for "maternal grandfather", based on the place structure "x1=p1 is the father of mother x2=p=2=m1". And I think other combinations should be allowed, like "x1=p1=m1 is a mother-type-of father of x2=p2" (perhaps a single father or Mrs. Doubtfire).
Also (in the spirit of what brought me to this thought in the first place):
.i ko se pluka lo djedi pe lo mamta
.i'i mamta io
mu'o mi'e tijlan