Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 1124 | Adjectives in sign View more quotes about commonly">commonly, though not always, follow the noun, so to speak. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 1121 | The sign for the Yellow Knives had been the sign for knife, followed by the sign for fleer. |
| 14 | 1122 | I later learned the sign for knife alone would suffice for this tribe. |
| 14 | 1123 | In the compound sign fleer presumably occurs as a modifier in virtue of the bird's coloration. |
| 14 | 1124 | Adjectives in sign commonly, though not always, follow the noun, so to speak. |
| 14 | 1125 | This arrangement is doubtless to be expected, for it reflects a common grammatical feature of the spoken languages of the red savages. |
| 14 | 1126 | The word 'mazasapa', for example, literally means 'black metal'. |
| 14 | 1127 | 'Maza' is the word for 'metal' and 'sapa' is the word for 'black'. |
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The sign for the Yellow Knives had been the sign for knife, followed by the sign for fleer.
I later learned the sign for knife alone would suffice for this tribe.
In the compound sign fleer presumably occurs as a modifier in virtue of the bird's coloration.
Adjectives in sign commonly, though not always, follow the noun, so to speak.
This arrangement is doubtless to be expected, for it reflects a common grammatical feature of the spoken languages of the red savages.
The word 'mazasapa', for example, literally means 'black metal'.
'Maza' is the word for 'metal' and 'sapa' is the word for 'black'.
- (Savages of Gor)