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Re: use of DIng

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com)
Thu Sep 17 21:21:51 2009

From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:17:24 EDT
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org

In a message dated 9/17/2009 18:29:22 Eastern Daylight Time, 
terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net writes:

> Does anyone recall if we know whether {DIng} is transitive or 
> intransitive? Is the subject the thing turned or the person who turns the thing?
> 
> -- ter'eS
> 

I couldn't find any canon for it.
Since merely adding {-moH} would make it the transitive version, I hope 
it's the intransitive meaning.
If it's the transitive meaning already, then it's a lot harder to get the 
intransitive meaning.

lay'tel SIvten




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