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'do' and stuff

Okay, I'm still obsessing. The problem with compounds is that they are, Loglan-like, metaphors. Some compounds just cram together modifiers: 

ga jin > gajin

But some cram together objects with the verb:

go tsanku fiqtsume > go fiqtsumetsanku

But a word like 'starsaijin' doesn't fit that pattern, or does it?

go starsai sa jin.   I'm an astronomy person.

Heck, it _does_ fit it.  So we CAN say

go starsaijin.

I thank you all for listening while I think out loud.

Okay, forget fe and stuff.  It's allowable to say:

starsaijin - starscienceperson
starsaikar - starsciencedoer
starsaipro - starscienceprofessional

or, if you fear misinterpretation
starsaikarjin

I've talked myself out of another corner, I think.


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