Re: Equatives?

Sally cande:
>Absolute:    nemta laz   (cloud white, i.e., a "white cloud.")
>Equative:    ta  nemta hdo laz (like a cloud as white.)
>Comparative:  ta nemta maka laz (than a cloud more white)
>Superlative:   ta nemtan hse laz  (of clouds most white)
>Alterative:   ta nemta uor laz   (from cloud a different kind of white,
>            a different kind of white from that of a cloud.)
>
>Teonaht also has a "just the right amount" of something in the adverb _no~_:
>         no~ mohsa, "just big enough,"  no~ aista,  "work enough."
>While it suggests equitability, it is not quite the equative.  It's
>something that's good enough for the task at hand.
   I like both the alterative and this no~particle - I'm gonna steal them.
But could I get an example (or two) of the alterative in a sentence?

   Aidan

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