Universal 1931: local indefinite is borrowed ⇒ temporal indefinite is borrowed
Original
If there is a word-form loan of a local indefinite in a language, then there is a word-form loan of a temporal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
Standardized
IF there is a word-form borrowing of a local indefinite, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of a temporal indefinite of the same indefiniteness function, too.
Keywords
borrowing, indefinite pronoun, local indefinite, temporal indefinite
Domain
lexicon, morphology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
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
