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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@m...> wrote: > Bear with me here. I'm thinking out loud. > > We have two word that sort of mean the same thing. "Jin" and "Pe." "Jin," > at this point, means "human being," and has male and female versions "jino" > and "jini". "Pe" I've defined as 'person,' and it seems to have a broader > meaning than "jin." That is, a Hobbit or a Klingon or a Greek god could be > a "pe" but not a "jin". We also have "daren(o/i)" for 'adult human being,' > for what that's worth. > > Partly it's pronunciation for me. I want to choose "pe" as the suffix form > because it sounds better to me. "gunpe" rather than "gunjin" > > Reactions? > "gunpe" is better because it conveys the idea better: a sentient being -- not necessarily a human being -- that's associated with guns. "jin" is more like a species name, almost. ---K