Re: Sturnan words

Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...> wrote:
>
> --- Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> > I was going through my Sturnan lexicon and noted a
> > few funny things.
> > First, "speedy" and "affixed" are represented by the
> > same word, even
> > though they are partial antonyms.
>
> Natlangs have this phenomenon occacionally.
    In fact, English does this for the exact same pair of meanings, with the
word "fast".

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