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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:44 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote: > > I presume we're not currently seeking consensus on eventual phonological > forms, since it makes sense to leave that until the phonology has been > decided on and until the morpheme inventory has been decided on. So I take > it that you're suggesting interim forms (which may happen to coincide with > your longterm preferences too). Yes, I just want to avoid overlapping of interim forms as much as possible. > > I think we should drop "prsckj-" in favour of "ck-", defined as: > > > > cka: A is a property/relationship > > ckake: A is a property of E > > ckakeki: A is a relationship between E and I > > > > and so on. > > > > So: > > > > A: ca'i xa sma le ldre pnxake > > B: la mlta cki'oka > > > > I think we may also need a predicate version of x-, which could be xx-: > > > > A: ca'i la mlta xxa > > B: le ldre pnxake > > xx is an abbreviation for x + ck, I take it: > > ca'i xa sma li mlti ckika > ca'i li mlti xxi Yes, "ckaki" rather than "ckika" with my definition of ck-, since the property should go first. Perhaps: ca'i li mlti xa sma ckaki then we have in general: xxV1(kV2kV3...) = xa sma ckakV1(kV2kV3...) > ca'l xa sma li pi mlti ldri ckika > ca'i li mlti lu ldru xxiku Or, without using p-: ca'i li mlti lu ldru xa sma ckakiku ma'a xrxe