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on 1/20/04 7:49 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote: > I suggest a short word to mean 'an average amount of'. > > tawil = tall > potawil = short > vertawil = neither particularly short nor tall Sure. In English we awkwardly say "of average height/size/length. I presume you derive 'ver' from 'average'. Indeed, if a Ceqli word exists meaning 'average', such a compound is inevitable. > > Alternatively, "tawil" could mean simply the concept of height (as in > vertical extent, not altitude), without indicating tallness or > shortness. Then: > > tawil = of some height; (colloquially, average in height?) > vertawil = of average height > gatawil = tall > pitawil = short > > Another suggestion: choose a different morpheme for 'land' > or 'country' instead of "stan", for a stupid reason that I hate even > bringing up: a lot of Americans won't like "Hameristan" as the name > of their country. > Probably true. Then I'd pick 'haym', as in Jotunheim. Hamerhaym, Franhaym, Heqlahaym, Joqhaym, Barahaym.... Rex F. May (Baloo) Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/book-GesundheitDummy.htm