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Interesting. This must be a dialectical difference, as using the term "electorate" for an area sounds very odd to my (Pacific Northwest USA) ears. I've never heard it used that way before. We use the term "district" for the area around here - the "electorate" is always the people. Given the use you have in mind, I don't see anything wrong with the construction you've made, though I'll take a look over the Ladekwa docs a bit when I have time. --- In Ladekwa@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Hacker <geoff.hacker@g...> wrote: > > That's not going to work. The word "electorate" can refer either to a group > of electors or the area in which they live. In Australia, it is the latter > definition that is the most useful because groups of electors are defined by > the area in which they live to begin with. For example, my State electorate > is Marrickville and my Federal electorate is Grayndler. Those are areas, not > groups of people, so the use of "taw" to describe them seems necessary > enough to me. > Geoff > > On 30/10/05, MorphemeAddict@w... <MorphemeAddict@w...> > wrote: > > > > In a message dated 10/30/2005 2:37:23 AM Central Standard Time, > > geoff.hacker@g... writes: > > > > > > I am looking for a Ladekwa word for "electorate". I note that the word for > > "elect" is "dyebawpu" and the word for "area" is "byetaw", which could form > > the basis of a word like "dyebawbyetaw", or a > > government+vote+constituency+other natural location. However, I am very open > > to suggestion about this, so what does everybody think? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > I wouldn't use "taw" at all. I think of an electorate as a body of people > > who are entitled to vote. Since 'elect' is "dyebawpu", I suggest simply > > "lidyebawpumi" - 'electors'. > > > > stevo > > ------------------------------ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > - Visit your group "Ladekwa <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ladekwa>" > > on the web. > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > Ladekwa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<Ladekwa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > >