On 10/11/2017 12:16 PM, nIqolay Q wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:10 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name <mailto:sustel@trimboli.name>> wrote:
I think the difference, which I just suggested in another message, is that *vItlh* is more general than *law'**. law' *is only about quantity, while *vItlh* is about quantity or size or intensity or whatever it is by which you measure a thing. If you measure a big quantity, either *law' *or *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking about quantity; if you measure a big size, either *tIn *or *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking about size; if you measure a big strength, either *HoS* or *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking about strength; and so on.
It seems like *vItlh* has a similar set of meanings as the noun *-'a'* suffix.
*-'a'* and *-Hom* don't just mean great in quantity/intensity/etc.; they usually make the noun into a different thing entirely. *vItlh* doesn't do that; it just describes a noun. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name