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BPFK Section: Epistemology sumtcita

On 6/11/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > As a method for... Tags a sumti as fitting the second place of
> > tadji. Augments the bridi in which it occurs, adding an extra,
> > un-numbered place with the meaning of the second place of tadji and
> > then fills it with the tagged sumti. In other words, the tagged
> > sumti indicates that
the event described by the bridi is a method
> > associated with doing or performing the actions described or
> > indicated by the referent of the tagged sumti. See also: tadji,
> > ta'i, te ta'i, ta'i ma.
>
> There was no point in repeating the whole thing, as all you did was
> drop
>
> using some method or technique unspecified (it can be specified
> with ta'i, however).

He also added "the event described by the bridi *is a method*..."

> All you did was remove clarifying information; I don't see how that
> makes it more in keeping with the keyword.

The method is not unspecified, it is specified by the main bridi.
That's what "as a method for..." says.

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