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Re: tertirxu
> There are only two animals that got weird place structures.
> One is the tiger. Can anyone guess what the other is without
> looking it up?
lanme lan sheep 'lanolin, lamb' x1 is a
sheep/[lamb/ewe/ram] of species/breed x2 of flock x3 (cf. kanba,
sunla)
> (Actually, there is a third animal with a different
> place structure, in this case with one place less instead of one
> more, but I think that one is easy to guess.)
remna rem re'a human x1 is a
human/human being/man (non-specific gender-free sense); (adjective:)
x1 is human (cf. nanmu, ninmu, prenu)
> Is {ri skari le tertirxu} very different from {ri skari le tirxu}
> or better {ri skari lo'e tirxu}?
go'i .i ro tirxu cu skari gi'e danlu .i ku'i no tirxu cu se skari
co'o mi'e tsali