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# One idea is that <code>bụmarao(e)</code> means: ''e'' is an event with which no {{t|marao}}-event is concomitant.<ref>[[User:Uakci]] in [https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/646607726817968138/1133694313742729286 #tooling on 2023-07-26]</ref> | # One idea is that <code>bụmarao(e)</code> means: ''e'' is an event with which no {{t|marao}}-event is concomitant.<ref>[[User:Uakci]] in [https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/646607726817968138/1133694313742729286 #tooling on 2023-07-26]</ref> | ||
# Another idea is that {{t|bụmarao}}-ing is a verb whose truth conditions are inverted from {{t|marao}}.<ref>You are doing it right now. Are you an {{small caps|agent}}?</ref> | # Another idea is that {{t|bụmarao}}-ing is a verb whose truth conditions are inverted from {{t|marao}}.<ref>You are doing it right now. Are you an {{small caps|agent}}?</ref> | ||
# A promising idea from semantics research is that {{t|bu-}} makes "negative events".<ref>[https://academic.oup.com/jos/article/40/4/585/7604664 Timothée Bernard, Lucas Champollion, "Negative Events and Compositional Semantics"]. It looks like {{t|bu-}} can be the "Neg" function proposed here.</ref> | |||
What about transitive verbs? It seems ridiculous to say that we have successfully {{t|bụchuq}}-ed for a week simply because there exists a cookie we haven't eaten all week. So maybe it's sensible for {{t|bu-}} to turn verbs intransitive: {{t|bụchoa}} is to keep one's mouth shut (as to not-speak is to not speak anything), {{t|bụchuq}} is to fast (as to not-eat is to not eat anything), and so on. | What about transitive verbs? It seems ridiculous to say that we have successfully {{t|bụchuq}}-ed for a week simply because there exists a cookie we haven't eaten all week. So maybe it's sensible for {{t|bu-}} to turn verbs intransitive: {{t|bụchoa}} is to keep one's mouth shut (as to not-speak is to not speak anything), {{t|bụchuq}} is to fast (as to not-eat is to not eat anything), and so on. | ||