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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> Since "zezidi" means 'week' ('seven-day'), what's to keep "fezidi" (hectare) 
> from being understood as 'two-day'?
> 

Because that's not what it means.  "Fe" is not semantically precise,
it's just a clue.  In this case, it means 'land'.


> 
> Or does the whole issue even matter, since no one is likely to want to use 
> the words above?
> 

True, but irrelevant.


Regards,

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