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Re: [ceqli] Re: snal - insecure?

In a message dated 9/13/2007 9:37:24 AM Central Daylight Time, rmay@hidden.email writes:


> 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'?


I think it would be better to get away from thinking of it as a kind of vulnerability.  It's more like un-self-confident or self-confidence-lacking.
How about something like "samxur" and its opposite?  Samxru?

stevo