4 Apr
2019
4 Apr
'19
5:38 p.m.
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 16:36, Lieven L. Litaer <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
This is just a feeling, but I think it's just like those non-countable things like "water". And I can certainly imagine a cook going to the the butcher's and order a specific number of {Duran lung DIrDu'} so he can prepare a good dish of {Duran lung DIr}.
If the cook is ordering five pieces of Durani lizard skin from a butcher, it would be {vagh Duran lungmey DIr}, not *{vagh Duran lung DIrDu'}. I don't think the latter is possible, as {DIr} is being used in the sense of a material in this context. It's like "fur" in English. You don't ask for "five furs", you ask for "five pelts". -- De'vID