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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"?


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fe'oca'emi'e tricrfraksizeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin.