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Ray yesterday: >> How about "zan/zin/zon" for a male (noun or adjective) and "xan/xin/xon" for a female (noun or adjective) and "jan/jin/jon" for "living creature capable of being male or female" and "jen/jun" for "person". This also allows for using instead some two-letter male and female postposition particles that would stand for "... hu zan/zin/zon" and "... hu xan/xin/xon" for example "...za/...zi/...zo" and "...xa/...xi/...xo. Ray today:>> Oh, it occurs to me that entities don't have to be
living to be capable of being male or female (Look, she's dead. Look,
she's a ghost. Look, it's the Goddess's consort.) They don't have to
be creatures either (Look, she's the biggest Barbie-doll I have, and he's the
smallest Ken-doll I have.) So I better reserve one of
those "jan/jen/jin/jon/jun" for "entity", and one for "creature", and one
for "being" and then one for "human being" and one for "animal including human
beings" and one for "animal not-including-human-beings" and one for
"plants"......
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