Even closer. But the second morpheme is key to distinguishing to exact meaning.
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Does 'vröö' mean 'free'?
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So it is 'money-free-haven'...
Assuming headedness is still the same, how about a harbour, where you do not need to pay any dues?
Assuming headedness is still the same, how about a harbour, where you do not need to pay any dues?
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Basically.Creyeditor wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018 18:43 So it is 'money-free-haven'...
Assuming headedness is still the same, how about a harbour, where you do not need to pay any dues?
In Haallannisch, jeld means a tax or duty. I had “duty-free harbour” in mind. The word for money is gält and is borrowed from Middle Low German.
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Okay:
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äsjes
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Is it a noun?
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Yesspanick wrote: Is it a noun?
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Is the word made up of only one root?
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I was going to ask “Do we all fall down?” but I was afraid you all would think I was being silly.
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Äsjes?eldin raigmore wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:17I was going to ask “Do we all fall down?” but I was afraid you all would think I was being silly.
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Or he’s joking about the nursery rhyme “Ring around a Rosie”shimobaatar wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:38Äsjes?eldin raigmore wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:17I was going to ask “Do we all fall down?” but I was afraid you all would think I was being silly.
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Do we all fall down?
That's one hell of a Germlang.
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Yeah, I know. I was joking too.spanick wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:44Or he’s joking about the nursery rhyme “Ring around a Rosie”shimobaatar wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:38Äsjes?eldin raigmore wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:17I was going to ask “Do we all fall down?” but I was afraid you all would think I was being silly.
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Do we all fall down?
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Gotcha. Damn suprasegmental-less internet!shimobaatar wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:59Yeah, I know. I was joking too.spanick wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:44Or he’s joking about the nursery rhyme “Ring around a Rosie”shimobaatar wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:38Äsjes?eldin raigmore wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 03:17I was going to ask “Do we all fall down?” but I was afraid you all would think I was being silly.
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Do we all fall down?
That's one hell of a Germlang.
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It contains exactly one root. So, it's not a compound. It does also contain non-root material, though.
No
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Is it a root and an inflectional suffix?Creyeditor wrote: ↑24 Jun 2018 11:22It contains exactly one root. So, it's not a compound. It does also contain non-root material, though.
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Is the noun nominative singular?
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