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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote: > > Of these seven qualities of measurable physical states (classifier "cul") in > LE, three are given with the inverse suffix "-ang" and the other four with the > quality suffix "-on". Why aren't they all the same, or does each root have > both possibilities? > > jaculunzangi - price, cost, rate. > culunzangi - weight, heft, what something weighs. > toyculunzangaw - duration of, length [temporal], term, time/timing. > > feculoni - heat, warmth. > ziculoni - volume, capacity, spaciousness. See also "ziculunza". > ticuloni - speed, velocity, rapidity, celerity. > faculoni - distance, remoteness, separation. > > Also, is 'temperature' also a suitable gloss for "feculoni"? > You're right. I was not consistent. Technically, the quality derivation is the quality possessed by the patient, such as heat/warmth, spaciousness, or remoteness. The inverse open noun is the actual measurement, such as temperature, volume, or distance. I've made appropriate changes to the dictionary and will try to upload the result soon. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram