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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote: > on 1/24/04 1:17 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@r... wrote: > > > 1) Is there a general rule or sense about which order the morphemes > > go in a compound: > > > > Pamxi = parent-female = mother > > Xipam = female-parent = mother? --SNIP-- > We'll have the option of using xi and jo as prefixes, but for > most familiar kinship terms, we have the pseudo compounds pami, pamo, zini, > zino, etc. They are -not- compounds. They are simply morphemes selected > for their mnemonic power:) And they are elegant-sounding. I was torn > between that, and the neatness of Esperanto-style endings for the sex. And > I sure didn't want to go the dippy Loglan route. So, I said, we'll do both! > We need separate morphemes for parent-mother-father, but not for elephant, > female elephant-male elephant. Very agreed! You've established that Ceqli provides a few different ways to do or say some of the more common things, and that is a strength. > > 2) Some very common words may arise as alternatives to more > > rigourously constructed compounds. Apparently all the world over > > babies come up with "ma" to mean 'mommy'. --SNIP-- > > Hm. I actually thought of 'pami' as fairly pronouncable as such things go, > but who knows what would delvelop? > "Pami" is fine! If "hama" arises spontaneously as yet another word for 'mom', then evidently there's a need, and so be it. But no reason to precipitate it. ---larry