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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote: > > Does anyone know (or have any ideas about) which classifier the word > "ponytail" would have? > and I replied: > > It's non-living and produced by the body, so it has to be in > the same class as hair; i.e., the Latejami classifier "-tev". > On second thought, since "ponytail" is used to describe the way hair is shaped, it should belong to the "symbols and shapes" class, which has "-jum" for a classifier. This would also apply to other hairstyles, such as "crewcut", "bouffant", etc. How about the English word "bangs"? I think I'd go with "-tev". Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram