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"Jeffrey Henning" <jeffrey@hidden.email> wrote: > > --- In Ladekwa@yahoogroups.com, Rick Morneau <ram@e...> wrote: > > > > For 'just/only', I will use the modifier "baw". Thanks for pointing out > > the omission. > > Is that in addition to the meaning you listed for "baw" - > 'vote/opinion/choice/female'? Or will that be assigned a new modifier? > In Ladekwa, all roots consist of zero or more modifiers plus a single classifier. A modifier has only a vague meaning; i.e., it's used only for its mnemonic value. A classifier is semantically precise. "Baw" is the modifier meaning 'vote/opinion/choice/female'. It plus the classifier "to" is used to create the root "bawto", meaning 'just/only'. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram