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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, MorphemeAddict@... wrote: > > Given these four entries, > > slan safe, secure Ir > slan secure Ir > snal unsafe rev > snal insecure rev > > it looks like "snal" should mean, 'unsafe, unsecure'. While there is some > controversy over the opposite of "secure", it's useful to keep the distinction > between "unsecure" and "insecure". "Insecure" refers to a person's feelings of > inadequacy or uncertainty in some regard. What is the Ceqli word for this > 'insecure'? > There is also "unsecured", but I think that refers only to things that can be > secured in the first place. I was just thinking that one sense of 'secure' could be rendered by 'talaslan' (lock-safe). As for 'insecure' in the psychological sense, I'm thinking it really is maybe a quite different concept. Wiktionary isn't much help here. Does insecure pretty much mean 'vulnerable'? If so, maybe 'harmbefey' is what we want.