Linguistic Notes

29. The Foolish People Go to War

(29.1)

      daadeebaa 'let's go to war'. 1st person dual perf. of di-...[si- perf.]-b1 'to start to go to war' [act. intr.; di- inceptive]. In the 2nd line of passage 2 will be found the 3rd person perf. of this verb.

(29.2)

     1. [9bee'i[4daast['=n1'a7 'which had apparently been used to hobble a horse'. [9 'horse'; bee- 'by means of it'; 'i[- reciprocal; 4- 'against'; daa- distrib.; and the si- perf. of -t['0 'to tie, bind'. Literally: 'that with which horses had been tied together, it is said'.

     2. hi[daah7b17 'those with whom he was going to war' hi[- 'with them' plus 3rd person distrib. imp, of ni-...[ni- perf.]-b1 'to go to war' [act. intr.].

(29.3)

      dook1go'iisnd4da[ee 'one need not share with anyone'. . 01-'i-...[si- perf.]-[-nd4 'to share with someone'. doo-...-da negative; -[ee. I cannot account for the prefix go- in the text form.