Universal #1939

Legacy number: 1939

 Number  1933
 Original  If there is a word-form loan of an impersonal indefinite, then it is likely that there will be a word-form loan of a temporal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
 Standardized  IF there is a word-form borrowing of an impersonal indefinite, THEN it is likely that there will be a word-form borrowing of a temporal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
 Formula  impersonal indefinite is borrowed ⇒ temporal indefinite is borrowed
 Keywords  borrowing, indefinite pronoun, impersonal indefinite, temporal indefinite
 Domain  lexicon, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
 Source  Elšík 2001: 139

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Discussion
Counterexamples
BugurdÏi Romani (Kosovo, Macedonia): The impersonal free-choice indefinite ‘stogod’ (=anything) is a word-form loan from Serbian, but the temporal free-choice indefinite ‘bilo kana’ (=anytime) contains an indigenous base (Elsík 2001: 136)