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--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, MorphemeAddict@... wrote: > > In a message dated 9/12/2007 9:04:01 AM Central Daylight Time, rmay@... > writes: > > > > Does insecure pretty much mean 'vulnerable'? > > > > It's a perception that one is vulnerable, perhaps, with possibly no relation > at all with one's true vulnerability. > > Webster's Third New International Dictionary has: > > lacking security > a : not confident or sure : UNCERTAIN > b : not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained: exposed to danger : > UNSAFE > c : not tightly fastened : not firmly; fixed in position : SHAKY > d : not highly stable or well-adjusted : lacking likelihood of permanence or > success : UNSTABLE, UNSURE > > I would use only the first meaning (a) for "insecure", with the other three > falling under "unsecure", but the relevant equivalent is 'lacking confidence', > thus "un-self-confident". > > Can one be insecure about something not part of himself? In other words, is > the "self" part of my paraphrase necessary for the meaning? > Well, 'culo' is 'perceive,' so samculo - to perceive oneself samculoka - self-perception samculo would mean 'feel' in many contexts: go samculo dormfo. I feel sleepy. so beharmfeysamculo would be 'insecurity'?