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summary of changes in update 20060608 4177

All of the "tas" (kinship) and "zev" (social/economic/political relation) basic nouns were changed to open nouns.

The following 23 words were added to the dictionary.

bindunbeso [P-s] - informal, unofficial, not stylized or conventionalized. [Etym: mechanical/technical/complex + bound/restrained/certain/exact polarity + opposite of performance attribute]
binkwebeso [P-s] - manual, non-automatic, not self-acting or self-operating, can only happen or function with outside intervention. [Etym: mechanical/technical/complex + life/alive + opposite of performance attribute]
bubeso [P-s] - easy, light, not toilsome or laborious. [Etym: work/deed/project + opposite of performance attribute]
cadunxaso [P-s] - orderly, methodical, systematic, well-regulated. [Etym: good/want/purpose + bound/restrained/certain/exact polarity + performance attribute]
cawbeso [P-s] - indirect, roundabout, devious/deviating, oblique, circuitous. [Etym: straight/unbent/smooth/calm + opposite of performance attribute]
cubeso [P-s] - advanced, non-rudimentary. [Etym: low/under/on/support/foot/heavy + opposite of performance attribute]
dasene - when [interrogative adverb], at what time.
dinbeso [P-s] - cacophonous, discordant, dissonant, not melodic or harmonious. [Etym: happy/music/singing + performance attribute]
dubeso [P-s] - dependent, non-autonomous, not self-governing. [Etym: government/nation/politics + opposite of performance attribute]
dunbubeso [P-s] - permissive, lax, not strict. [Etym: bound/restrained/certain/exact polarity + work/deed/project + opposite of performance attribute]
dwedinbeso [P-s] - deadpan, unfunny, not humorous, unamusing, poker-faced. [Etym: play/sport/leisure + happy/music/singing + opposite of performance attribute]
finbeso [P-s] - public, non-exclusive, open or available to the public. [Etym: closed/obstructed/disallowed/stopped + opposite of performance attribute]
fojopapa - reduce, decrease, lessen, lower, cause to become less in degree or magnitude.
fojopupa - decrease, lessen, diminish, shrink, abate, become less in degree or magnitude.
jebeso [P-s] - superficial, cursory, non-exhaustive, non-comprehensive. [Etym: future/after/post/late/finish + opposite of performance attribute]
jenbeso [P-s] - nonprofessional, inexpert, lay. [Etym: professional/expert/skillful + opposite of performance attribute]
jitavi [P-s] - pants, trousers. [Etym: tree/wood/paper/tall/vertical/leg + clothing]
joyxaso [P-s] - wholesome, good, not obscene or indecent. [Etym: healthy/functional/ready + performance attribute]
jundapangaw - meaning of, significance/signification, purport, import. See also "tejundapangaw".
kejopapa - magnify, amplify, heighten, intensify, enlarge, raise, cause to become more in degree or magnitude.
kejopupa - increase, intensify, heighten, grow, rise, become more in degree or magnitude.
kixumawni - lookalike, that which resembles another. Note that "kixumawni" is simple the reciprocal noun form of "kixuma". Use "kixumawno" for the adjective meaning 'lookalike', as in "the lookalike brothers".
xibeso [P-s] - unjustified, unwarranted, uncalled for. [Etym: own/possess/enough/sufficient polarity + opposite of performance attribute]

The following six words were deleted from the dictionary.  Some were merged with other words.

binjuvo [P-s] - raw, unprocessed, untreated. [Etym: mechanical/technical/complex + opposite of other binary non-relational state]
danbuxasa [P-s] - get ahead, gain ground. Keep in mind that the root "danbuxas" is a performance attribute, and that the adjective form "danbuxaso" means 'getting ahead/gaining ground'. [Etym: positive/gain/extra polarity + work/deed/project + performance attribute]
danfoma [P-s] - shrink, emaciate, wither, wizen, wane, shrivel, become smaller in size. Doycipu dankema dakigi dase doycipu danfoma dadoykigi fofago = The airport was growing while the nearby marketplace was shrinking. Keep in mind that the state adjective "danfomo" simply means 'shrinking/becoming smaller'. [Etym: positive/gain/extra polarity + antonym of other scalar non-relational state]
dankema [P-s] - grow, enlarge, expand, spread, wax, become larger in size. Doycipu dankema dakigi dase doycipu danfoma dadoykigi fofago = The airport was growing while the nearby marketplace was shrinking. Keep in mind that the state adjective "dankemo" simply means 'growing/becoming larger'. [Etym: positive/gain/extra polarity + other scalar non-relational state]
zedejumi [P-s] - strip, slip, band. [Etym: long/road/walk/line/string/hair + flat/two-dimensional + symbol/shape]
zezopimba - shave, remove the hair from oneself.

Eighteen meanings have different words (read: 'old word' becomes 'new word'):

binkavapa > binkabusa [A/P-d] - manufacture, fabricate, produce. [Etym: mechanical/technical/complex + reality/truth/inherent + other act]
bujukusi > zunkusi [P-s] - scene. [Etym: performance/actor/substitute/similar/compare + performance component]
cakavapa > cakabusa [A/P-d] - process, treat, convert, transform. [Etym: good/want/purpose + reality/truth/inherent + other act]
cijodopi > janjodopi [P-s] - eggplant [the plant]. [Etym: law/justice/court/civilization/purple + round/rotate/fat/full + farm/garden plant]
cijojosi > dojosi [P-s] - egg roll. [Etym: EGG + food item]
fawxasasa > danbesasa - waste, use or pass unproductively.
fawxaso > danbeso [P-s] - unproductive, worthless, useless, pointless, waste of time, unrewarding. [Etym: positive/gain/extra polarity + opposite of performance attribute]
fenkawxaso > cadunbeso [P-s] - chaotic, disorderly, irregular, topsy-turvy. [Etym: good/want/purpose + bound/restrained/certain/exact polarity + opposite of performance attribute]
jubuzugi > zunzugi [P-s] - play, stage play, theater piece. [Etym: performance/actor/substitute/similar/compare + complete performance]
jubuzugono > zunzugono - theatrical, thespian, histrionic.
judabusa > jufabusa [A/P-d] - catch, grab a moving (typically airborne) object. [Etym: zero/not/opposite/imaginary/magic + THROW/PITCH/CAST]
xonbuxaso > joybeso [P-s] - obscene, indecent, lewd, salacious, licentious. [Etym: healthy/functional/ready + opposite of performance attribute]
zezopapa > zezopunka - shave, remove the hair from.
zunkusi > xuzunkusi [P-s] - body, main part (of a performance). [Etym: connect/intermediary/neck/between + performance/actor/substitute/similar/compare + performance component]
babusa [A/P-d] > bakasa [P-d] - give birth, have a baby, whelp, deliver. Use "bakasapa" for the transitive verb meaning 'give birth to'. [Etym: one/unity/harmony/child/offspring + involuntary act]
babusemo > bakasapemo - born. Note that "bakasapemo" is an adjective as in "I saw all the recently born children".  Use the inverse form "bakasapanga" for the meaning 'be born to'.  If the agent must be expressed obliquely, as in "She was born to a lowly slave", use the passive form "bakasapesa".
babusenvi > bakasenvi - birth, nativity, childbirth.
byetevi [P-s] > byexami [P-s] - thing, object, item, entity. See also "byedagi". [Etym: membership/constituency/partitive/ordinal + other natural thing]

One modifier was modified: kwa- = pull/receive/collect/enter.

Two classifiers have revised meanings:
tev organic thing
xam other natural thing

There are lots of minor changes, as well as many new example sentences.

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