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RE: [ceqli] Re: Intelligent



> > how about dumsilno think-strong, for 'intelligent'?  
> dumsonli would mean unintelligent.
> > 
> > or burusilno, mind-strong?
> >
> 
> Actually, I suppose a lot of compounds are possible for the 
> general meaning.  breynsilno 
> (brain-strong) is another.  With actual use, they'd probably 
> pick up connotations or subtle 
> differences.  I want Tceqli to be loglanlike insofar as it's 
> possible to make a lot of nonce-
> compounds of this sort, and avoid making new roots when not needed.

I would tend to use something more like "mind-power" for "intelligence",
so you could say "mind-powerful" for "intelligent".