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Re: little more vocab



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "HandyDad" <lsulky@r...> wrote:
> --- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> 
> wrote:
> > harkirpe    barber    compound
> > harskimpe    hairdresser    compound
> > sirpeyn    headache    compound
> > paynojaw    weigh (find weight)    compound
> > tawilxa    height    compound
> > tliwa    short    reversal
> > balge    high    compound
> > dimge    low    compound
> > -- 
> 
> Regarding "tliwa": does initial "tl" occur in Italian? If not, then 
> would that be a reason for not using it here? ---K

Hm.  A better reason wd be that you don't like it :)  Actually, 
initial 'tl' does seem weirder even than 'dl'.  I'm willing to ban 
it.  And, since ceqli tries not to be too dogmatic, the reversal 
of "tawil" can be "tilwa".

Actually, though, Italian is a damn good standard to go by.