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Re: [ceqli] Nature

In a message dated 8/18/2007 8:50:10 AM Central Daylight Time, rmay@hidden.email writes:


I just borrowed ziran from Mandarin to mean nature, as in the natural world.  A look at
wiktionary seems to indicate that 'nature' meaning 'intrinsic characteristics,' seems to be the
same word for 'natural world' in a lot of languages.  Should it be the same word in Ceqli?  Or
do we need another one?

zidan fara - nature is dangerous
human sa zidan - human nature


I tend toward distinct words for distinct meanings.  

The Saweli words are
guplas - nature, all natural phenomena.
vifandas - nature, the sum of inherent characteristics.

The only thing common to the two words is that they're both P-s nouns.

stevo