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'under' = "saye-", 'over' = ?
- From: BestATN@hidden.email
- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:02:30 EDT
- Subject: 'under' = "saye-", 'over' = ?
- To: katanda@yahoogroups.com
Rick,
The polarity prefix "saye-" is used when a quantity does not quite reach a certain amount ('under'). Is there a corresponding prefix for when a quantity barely exceeds a certain amount ('over')? Is it "jaw-"? (Defs from LS App. B)
> saye- almost, not quite, nearly, all but, well-nigh
> jaw- just, only, exclusively, simply
Steven