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Re: Names



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "Rex May" <rmay@m...> wrote:
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> 
> zo also has the effect of an affectionate diminutive, like Johnny, I 
think.  Names will continue 
> to have Ceqli forms, like ti kraun sulki beti, known to friends as 
kraunzo.

This sounds fine, and is vaguely reminiscent of how they do this in 
Portuguese (and probably many other languages). It's more common than 
not to use a definite article before an initial reference to a proper 
name: "Onde esta o Rex?". Admittedly this doesn't mark Rex as a name 
but it at least marks it as noun-like, and demonstrates that the extra 
syllable doesn't trouble Portuguese speakers.

> 
> And longer names can be treated by shortening with the zo.   ti kiqo 
beti > kiqzo.

This suggests that "zo" is not necessarily a diminutive marker. I can 
imagine hearing a newscast that would refer initially to "ti kraun 
sulky beti" but might thereafter refer to "sulkizo"...while in casual 
speech I might be referred to simply as "sulki". Or is that not the 
intent?

---Kraunzo