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Re: Deriving words that aren't too long

From:John Fisher <john@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 18, 1998, 0:09
In message <cbe67864.365023ec@...>, "list James E. Hopkins"
<Espero9@...> writes
>Simon, > >Re derived words becoming "too" long... The same occurs is Druni, as for >example: ta nobshetenisilisa (meaning: by means of the small communications). >I don't however, consider it a problem, it is just the way the Druni language >is. At any rate Druni words are still shorter than Finnish :-)
Heh. In Elet Anta that would be falmitamsuyamipsaw... Another idea would be vowel changes: chit -> chu"t tac -> tec sorc -> serc ...etc -- John Fisher john@drummond.demon.co.uk johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/ Drummond ro cleshfan merec; fanye litoc, inye litoc