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On 7/31/07, Rex May <rmay@hidden.email> wrote: > I'm thinking that Ceqli elements should try to follow the symbols of the periodic table as > much as possible, while adhering to Ceqli morphology. And maybe have a uniform ending > in -um, another 'submorpheme.' To start > But in order to keep the stress off the last syllable, perhaps the uniform ending should be > 'mu' Etymologically I would prefer "um"; phonaesthetically "mu". What do you mean about the stress? At one point Ceqli had initial stress; did you change back to stressing the last closed syllable? If so then I agree "mu" would sound better, but I liked the initial stress. -- Jim Henry http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry