21 Feb
2019
21 Feb
'19
2:18 p.m.
On 2/21/2019 2:12 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
OTOH I can see {law’wI’pu’} “the many” -- using the {-pu’} plural suffix – for the Marxist jargon “the masses”.
I was thinking about mass nouns as well. *Huch law' vIghaj. cha' Doj tu'lu'. law' Dojvam Huch. law'wI' Doj 'oH. puS Dojvam Huch. puSwI' Doj 'oH.* I think this makes sense. Of course, you're not likely to put *-pu'* on a mass noun. And /masses/ is the plural of /mass,/ and a mass (of people) isn't a being capable of using language, so it won't get *-pu'.* -- SuStel http://trimboli.name