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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 > > 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 I like the first system better, tho this is intriguing. The root will be the positive quality, the po- form the opposite, and the ver- form the neither/nor form. To verkolorpelo se jo. The man with average-colored hair. > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -- 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