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RE: [ceqli] write



I, for one, like "gra" from the Greek.  It has a natural relationship with
an already existing word: "gram", meaning mail.  Mail (in most of the world)
is still text-based writing so I feel there is a logic to it.  

Alternatively, consider "text" as a source word... How about "tek"?  There
didn't seem to be any other words presently starting with tek, so this will
not overlap in the existing morpheme-space.
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Rex May - Baloo [mailto:rmay@hidden.email] 
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 07:20
To: ceqli@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ceqli] write


on 4/10/04 7:39 AM, Rex May - Baloo at rmay@hidden.email wrote:

> The possibilities for 'write' as it stands:
> 
> skri - Rumanian
> kyan - Thai
> kna - reversal of "kan," read.
> xye - Mandarin
> xray - truncated German
> gra - truncated Greek
> sti - French 'stilo'
> stay - English 'stylus'
> 
or "tol" from the Hungarian for 'pen.'
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