Showing posts with label case suffix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label case suffix. Show all posts

08 June 2012

whence (where from) is nosti (revisited)

nosti = whence (where from) (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "nosti": an uncommon term; a last name; means "raised, elevated" in Finnish; similar nostri means "us, our people" in Latin; in Russian (transliterated) "real'nosti" means reality)

Word derivation for "whence (from where)" :
Basque = nondik, Finnish = mistä
Miresua = nosti

My previous word for whence was nontä. This is another change for grammatical reasons.

The Basque word appears to be ablative case, and the Finnish word is elative case. Both are grammatical cases meaning motion from something. I don't think Basque has elative case.

Tentatively I'll make -sti the elative case (out of, from) ending in Miresua.

The Miresua word for whither (where to), norne, will remain unchanged, at least for now.

06 June 2012

where is nonäs (revisited)

nonäs = where (interrogative, adverb) (some things Google found for "nonas": an uncommon term; a misspelling of Nona's where Nona is a feminine first name; a unusual last name; in Latin accusative feminine plural of ninth)

Word derivation for "where (static)" :
Basque = non, Finnish = missä
Miresua = nonäs

My previous word for where was nosä, which unfortunately tended to make me think of nose. But I'm changing it mainly for grammatical reasons.

The Basque and the Finnish words are both in what's termed inessive case, a locative grammatical case with the basic meaning of "in". Usage is, for example: "in where" is the girl? As opposed to "to where" (whither) or "from where" (whence).

Guess this makes my inessive case suffix in Miresua -näs.