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Nikiratos: Drama se treis praxeis (Nikiratos: A three-act play).
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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Ok a wrapup, Joey, under six names and some no names, treis to make foolish, nasty, untrue, personal attacks against someone he thinks he knows, but never answers the questions raised.
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So in theory, I'd then expect *wādiʕ- “knowing” and this would be one option to explain the PIE root, if correctly formed that is, since PSem *ā appears to correlate with PIE *ei also in the equation of PSem *θalāθi = PIE *treis “three”.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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This then would imply that *ei in PIE *treis "three", if indeed from the root PSem *θalāθ-, is specifically from the unmimated genitive form *θalāθi.
What do I "know"? 2008
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There may also be a way around explaining the diphthong *ei in PIE by appeal with the example of *treis = Sem *θalāθ- where a long Semitic vowel appears to be reinterpreted as Mid IE *ei because MIE didn't have long vowels yet, as I theorize.
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Beware too however that *-s is sometimes the remnant of plural *-es, as in the accusative plural *-ns and *treis "3".
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August 19, 2008 at 3:09 am sew dats wai mai tummeh feelz awl weerd wen ai treis absinthe!
Send me to da laydee - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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So in theory, I'd then expect *wādiʕ- “knowing” and this would be one option to explain the PIE root, if correctly formed that is, since PSem *ā appears to correlate with PIE *ei also in the equation of PSem *θalāθi = PIE *treis “three”.
What do I "know"? 2008
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Now on that note, I would like to shamelessly propose my following theory for discussion that I've been developing for years: wordMIE (PIE)Semitic'three'*tareisa (*treis)*θalāθu'six'
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Now on that note, I would like to shamelessly propose my following theory for discussion that I've been developing for years: wordMIE (PIE)Semitic'three'*tareisa (*treis)*θalāθu'six'
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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