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Re: [katanda] 'under' = "saye-", 'over' = ?



>
> 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')?
> 

"toyu-" = 'too', 'excessively', 'over-' (e.g. overweight,
		  over-qualified).


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram