tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post7508501816161988989..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: The imaginary Etruscan imperative in -thiGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-24980346195536472682011-10-31T16:03:42.892-05:002011-10-31T16:03:42.892-05:00"but as one can see...I clearly thought it wa...<b><i>"but as one can see...I clearly thought it was dubious."</i></b><br /><br />One should also realize <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/supposed" rel="nofollow">two conflicting meanings</a> for "supposed" in normal English usage: either "presumed to be (true)" or "expected/required". Yet it's neither. Being misled by such poor references, itGlen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-41983252309227545222011-10-30T23:38:22.286-05:002011-10-30T23:38:22.286-05:00"I came across Silu which is supposed to mean...<b><i>"I came across Silu which is supposed to mean 'stilus'..."</i></b><br /><br />By the way, the likeliest place you learned of this fabrication is from <a href="http://etruscans1.tripod.com/Language/EtruscanSA.html" rel="nofollow">Rick McCallister's hodge-podge Etruscan "dictionary"</a>. Adolfo Zavaroni's attempts to connect Etruscan to Latin are lunatic Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-58136605975787967802011-10-29T23:42:59.003-05:002011-10-29T23:42:59.003-05:00This continues our prior exchange under Revisiting...This continues our prior exchange under <a href="http://paleoglot.blogspot.com/2011/09/revisiting-lily.html?#c6961438421865747235" rel="nofollow"><i>Revisiting the lily</i></a>.<br /><br /><b>AdygheChabadi: <i>"You gave me the unattested word *sil, but in your dictionary you have *sel.</i></b><br /><br />My Etruscan database is adaptive, not static. So as of today I have <b>*sel</b> 'Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-9432776070238285112011-10-29T19:43:56.624-05:002011-10-29T19:43:56.624-05:00I asked that because I am scouring whatever inform...I asked that because I am scouring whatever information I can find for a word the Etruscans or any Aegean people used for "wood". Mostly looking for some indirect attestation...You gave me the unattested word *sil, but in your dictionary you have *sel. I came across <i>Silu</i> which is supposed to mean "stilus"...the word caught my attention not only because of the unattestedAdygheChabadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303595735003236434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-57715648321635361572011-10-29T15:16:44.696-05:002011-10-29T15:16:44.696-05:00The general consensus is that -u is a participial ...The general consensus is that <b>-u</b> is a participial ending. I precise further: a <i>transitive</i> participle. So <b>tur</b> means 'to give' but <b>turu</b> means 'given' since <b>tur</b> is a transitive verb. The intransitive marker is <b>-θ</b> (pronounced as a breathy 't').<br /><br />I've already explained this and other grammatical features of Etruscan in my Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-91959189795543229872011-10-29T14:04:47.441-05:002011-10-29T14:04:47.441-05:00Is there a "-u" ending in Etruscan and i...Is there a "-u" ending in Etruscan and if so, what does it mean, if anything?AdygheChabadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303595735003236434noreply@blogger.com