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two "zidi" suggestions

sts:
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> "zidi" does not exist in the nasendi-english dictionary. what is it?
>

ram: I don't know yet.  I'm open to suggestions.



My two suggestons:

1) Since "bizidi" is 'month' and "xezidi" is 'day', how about continuing the use of the polarity prefixes thus:

cafebizidi - year (a '12-month')
bizidi - month
zexezidi - week (a '7-day')
xezidi - day
lazidi - hour
fozidi - minute
zuzidi - second

Bare "zidi" could mean 'while'.  It's not a unit of measure, but there aren't
any exact words left (in English).

2) Define "zidi" as 'day' (the most basic unit of time, at least to me) and redefine "bizidi" and "xezidi":

bizidi - year
xezidi - month
zezidi - week
zidi - day
lazidi - hour
fozidi - minute
zuzidi - second

I favor the second suggestion.

Steven