python devs carefully deciding to name the object where one key cannot point to multiple entries after the object that famously permits several entries per key
@DibyaJana@sk0okum@avzaagzonunaada they can also be used as classifiers on numerals:
ɬixʷ-qs “three points”
and exhibit this behavior i’m not sure how to term:
ʔal ti šəq-adiʔ LOC the up-ear “on the shelf”
šəq-abac ʔə ti čəƛ̓əʔ up-body of the rock “on top of the rock”
@DibyaJana@sk0okum@avzaagzonunaada in Ld:
c̓agʷ-ačiʔ-b wash-hand-INTR “to handwash”
lup-ačiʔ-qs ring-hand-tip “ring (for finger)”
but
čaləš “hand”
ti d-čaləš DET my-hand “my hand”
so we see sometimes distinct “independent” forms from the “bound” / lexical suffix form
One of the first ragers I went to after quitting drugs, there was a tray of apple slices labelled "pick your poison." Next thing I knew a girl was crying leaving saying "i SAID they were poisoned" this chick had sprinkled ketamine on half the apples and like Xanax on the others
@sk0okum does -cen have any other examples of non-transparent meanings?
In Ld with its transparent cognate:
st̓əx̌ʷšəd root-foot “root, ancestors”
st̓əx̌ʷšaad root-FOOT “rainbow”
ləx̌šəd light-foot “lamp”
qʷuʔbač(š)əd water-?-foot? “rainbow”
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