Re: logic vocabulary

# 1 wrote:

> Sometime, I'll probably need to cut stative and active subjectively like
> (dZaz)     Noun         Adjective          Transitive verbs
> Intransitive verbs
>
> Stative    woman   typic of women   to make a woman of   to become a woman
>
> Active       man       typic of men        to make a man of       to become
> a man
>
>
> It is not discrimination or something it is only for the opposition
>
> Maybe someone would have an other word to replace "stative" and "active" to
> fit with the "woman"/"man" opposition?
Just like Sally said, it's sooooooo sexist! We're in the 21st century, so
unless your conlang is intended for a primitive culture, you should change
that eurocentric bias of "woman" being a derivative of "man". You,
prehistomacho!  ;-)

My idea:

(WORD1) ! Noun  !  Adjective     ! Transitive verb    ! Intrans. verb
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Stative ! girl  ! typic of girl  ! to give birth to   ! to grow up
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Active  ! woman ! typic of woman ! to make a woman of ! to become a woman
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(WORD2) ! Noun  !  Adjective     ! Transitive verb    ! Intrans. verb
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Stative ! boy   ! typic of boy   ! to give birth to   ! to grow up
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Active  ! man   ! typic of man   ! to make a man of   ! to become a man
 ========================================================================

And probably an epicene word to avoid the other bias: "man" = "men & women".

(WORD3) ! Noun
=================...
Stative ! child
-----------------...
Active  ! adult/person
=================...

This way, you have an opposition and a much better one IMHO that man/woman.

Just my 2 cents of the day,

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Remi Villatel
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