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Re: [ceqli] Elements



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