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> The equivalent of E 'kilo-' is K "poni-", so why not use that on
> "vesya" ('year') to make "ponivesya" - 'millennium' instead of the
> bare numeric "ni-"? Similarly, "potuvesya" for 'century' (and by
> extrapolation "posevesya" for 'decade').
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Good idea! Done.
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> Is "vesya" also to be used for other planets, as in "the
> Martian/Jovian/etc. year" (i.e., the periods of revolution of those
> planets)?
>
Sure. It's simply not practical to coin unique words for every planet,
especially when you consider that our solar system is not the only one.
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> I've long thought that a good word for 'week' might be just "gavesya"
> (now "gaxesya").
>
My thought exactly.
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> In the following example of "deku" from K-E, can "vimu" come before
> "deku" (i.e., "leto vimu deku ...")? It seems to me that "deku
> ... poku/buku" phrases can go just about anywhere. Is this true?
>
They can go only where they make sense. In this case, having "deku"
follow "vimu" would mean that the parenthetical expression applies only
to the adjective, which does not make sense.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram