Re: Mixed person plurals: gender & the (in/ex)clusive distinction; !Ora

tomhchappell wrote:

>Hello, Ray, and others.
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>What /would/ be a good name for a case referring to "motion above"?
>Would "perlative" or "hyperlative" or "superlative" be good names?
>Would there be a better one?
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_per_ as a prefix means 'through' or 'thorough'. *hyperlative is a
horrid Graeco-Latin hybrid. _superlative_ would have been OK, I guess,
if it were not already well established with a different meaning. But
Latin _superferre_ (supine: superlatus) does rather have the meaning 'to
carry beyond', 'to exaggerate' - hence 'superlative'  :)

I suggest _supralative_ from adverb 'supra' (above).

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