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Re: [katanda] tenco

In a message dated 2003-10-26 10:21:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, sts@hidden.email writes:


i thought about the word "tenco". since "te" is about speaking, why
"tenco" is about not-speaking? i think "tenco" seems more like
"talkative". why not?
stefo,
sts.


i have to agree.  it looks like "tenco" ('quiet') and "tenkay" ('talkative') have their meanings switched, since "-co" is the scalar non-relational state classifier and "-kay" is its antonym.  as a general rule it seems that "-co" would be the classifier to use with the word whose meaning is closer to the mnemonic meaning of the modifier morphemes.  

steven