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> Behalf Of Rex May > > > bo meaning 'boss' > could become 'stro', truncating the > Eo 'estro', > > but that's > > > rather too consonant-rich. How about 'bwan' from > 'bwana'? It can > > take -i or -o > for sex. > > > > I like "xef", from Fra "chef", or Eng "chief" also cognate with Spa > > "jefe". Can also mean something like "main". > > Me, too. But it has to be nCnV to be a Ceqli morpheme. Maybe "pri" as in PRImary. > > > di (animal) > this is a tough one. "bru" from "brute"? > "fera" from > > Latin? > > > > How about "zo" as in "zoology". The "zoo-" prefix is familiar. > > Yes, but it can't be a CV, because I'm in the process of > making all CV's > into grammar words. There's always "dir" or "tir". > > > du means "two" But numbers must not be GW's. > Possibilities: duy from > > Bengali, > > > dva from Russian, byan from Garifuna, dul from Korean, doi from > > Romanian, daw, > > > from Welsh > > > > Depends on the shape you are trying for but maybe "dwa". > "dva" is too > > hard to pronounce. From what you have here, I'd choose > that or maybe > > "dul". > > Agree onf the 'dva.' I think Ceqli can handle that > combination, but it > shouldn't be used in a high-frequency word like 'two.' Now, > I already have > "dwa" for "must," from the French, and would hate to lose > that. So that > leaves 'dul,' which is good in itself, but I already have two > Korean numbers > cil and pal, 7 & 8, ending in -l. But I think it's the best choice. Numbers are often read together. It would be best to make them as distinct from each other as possible so I don't think it's a good idea to have too many ending with "-l". You could always reassign "must" and use "dwa" for "two". > I'm rebuilding the whole thing from Here: > http://ceqli.pbwiki.com/FrontPage I think using a Wiki is a much better idea anyway. The only thing I don't like are most of these wikis use a font that's too small. I'm sure there is some way around that though. > And I'm leaving the stuff up at: > http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm > as it's the most current prior to this upheaval. So those > two pages are the place to go. You may want to put a big notice with a link on this one letting everyone know the site is moving. It looks like it hasn't been updated in months and even uses the older "tceqli" orthography.