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> > BTW, can we add the following (the categories, not necessarily the > particular sounds) as standard "series"? > > tor - manner, way > faq - direction > taym - point in time You bet. But I just realized I have both sor and tor in that group. Probably change sor to kayn or something. > > Actually, I don't like "taym" for this, since you have it defined as > "duration" in the glossary. English "time" is terribly ambiguous. I'd > like to see at least three different time categories: > > a countable instance (answers "how many times?" = <fwa>): > "He stole my doughnuts three times." > "Strike the bell one time in the morning and one time in the evening." > "We will deal with this the next time you come." > > duration (answers "how long?" = <taym>): > "I have lived in California for a long time." > "We didn't have enough time to finish the meal before the movie." > > point in time (answers "when?" = <???>): > "I was very angry at that time." > "At this time, we are unable to help you." > "At the time when we were in the movie, he started fighting with his brother." > > The best I've come up with so far that fits Ceqli phonology is > "momen", from English "moment". > > It may be that the Hindustani /z@mana/ or its Malay cognate, /zaman/, > would do. I see both used for things like "ancient time", which seems > similar to "point in time"--though they may be more like "epoch, period". > > It would be nice, though, to have a one-syllable word to combine with > the correlative modifiers. If nothing else appears, I suppose "momen" > could be further shortened to "mom". Yes, we need a one-syllable for this one. How about 'pun' from German 'punkt'? And we already have horo, meaning clock time. Kwahoro? -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txeqli/