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'orange' from "fa" to "sa"

I have moved the meaning 'orange' from modifier "fa" ('five/orange') to "sa" ('happy/music/singing').  The affected words are:

fefas > fesas carrot [the plant].
gefas > gesas orange [the fruit].
gefaces > gesaces tangerine.
xafak > xasak orange [the color].
xafakik > xasakik brown.

The reason for the change is that I didn't like a color and a number in the same modifier, and, unlike with all the other colors, there was no hint of a connection between 'five' and 'orange'.  Now, at least, there is a modest connection between 'happy' and 'orange'.

stevo