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Re: [engelang] Xorban names



On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 4:44 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> I think the various proposals for names can be consolidated into two:
>
> 1. "mV [any complete syntagm]" where V is bindable. E.g. "la ma xrxe
> pndaka'a" (Xrxe is friend to me)
>
> 2. word-initial q- marks the start of an onomastic stem that ends at the
> next q
>
> I'll withdraw the proposal for single-segment names. Quantifier dV is not
> needed.

OK, I will add those to the grammar. I had come to the same conclusion
that mV makes dV unnecessary.

BTW, the "empty string" qq is included in 2, yes?

mu'o mi'e xorxes