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Re: doi fraxinus communis
At 1998-01-03 07:08, Colin Fine wrote:
>>fe'oca'emi'e tricrfraksizeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin.
>
>Does 'tricrfraksizeicecmu' work as one word? I suspect it would fall
>apart - if it falls apart at the 'zei' that's not really a problem,
>because 'tricrfraksi zei cecmu' is valid and equally meaningful
That was the intention. I just prefer to write it together.
> (though cecmu != kampu);
I don't understand this.
> but I can't work out if it mightn't fall apart
>somewhere else.
Well, I followed the procedure on pp62-63, so it should be OK.
>On another point, I would prefer tricrfraksinu to tricrfraksi. There's
>no rule about how to do this, but IMHO arbitrarily docking a syllable
>off the word is naughty.
Yeah, you're probably right. But before I change it, could you tell me
the correct stress for the Linnaean name "Fraxinus"?
--
fe'oca'emi'e tricrfraksizeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin.