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Re: Hello again - also re: gzb

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 26, 1999, 16:41
At 20:03 25/05/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I make extensive use of suffixes similar to the Esperanto -um- infix. >-cjaj derives something more specific, -toxn something more >general than the root; -rox derives an idiomatic adjective from a >concrete noun or proper name, e.g. > > raxm-rox, independent, from {raxm}, a cat. >Also {raxm-toxn}, any animal. >But {leq'pax-toxn}, an insectivore (from bat). >graxm-cjaj, an email, from {graxm}, a message.
I like that idea. Those idiomatic derivations are great.
> >That's it for now. > > > >Jim Henry III >Jim.Henry@pobox.com >http://www.pobox.com/~jim.henry/ >Book reviews, essays, etexts, information about Esperanto, etc. > >
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