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On Jan 29, 2006, at 7:35 AM, HandyDad wrote:
--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, Rex May <rmay@m...> wrote: ---SNIP---I did a nonce-thing here for medium-sized. gaca means 'bigness', so cengaca would mean medium-bigness, but I don't really like it. I need a prefix word to make of medium size, temperature, whatever. cenga seems like it means of moderate largeness, not medium size. I thought about just 'gapi' and it might work 'kyarkray' of medium temperature. (btw, I finally decided on kray from CRYogenic) If we use that method for merging opposites, we'd end up with tcaqpotcaq for of medium length, paypya for of medium age, etc. What do youthink?I think this push-me-pull-you approach suits the language best. Since we tend to describe or identify things by the ways in which they deviate from average, it's not crucial to have a short way to say "average in height" or whatever. But it's still nice to have a better way than English does. ---Krawnzo
Good! and 'hawhwa' could mean so-so. But what would using 'bu' instead of 'po' mean? tcaqbutcaq = longish?
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