Re: Zero-ness
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 9, 2000, 17:23 |
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The Gray Wizard wrote:
> > >>I'd go with Johnathan Chang's "nil" or "null."
> > >
> > >"nullar" would fit nicely with "singular, dual..plural"
> >
> > How about "paucal" ?
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> Nope! "Paucal" means "few" not "none". I would go with a derivative of
> abessive since that is the closest to the concept you are implementing.
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> (singular, dual, plural, abessal? abessular?)
I vote for "abessile" -- 'having the quality of lacking'. Besides, where'd
the <u> in "abessular" come from? :)
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