Re: Locative constructions in a:seka`eni (long)

li [Larry Sulky] mi tulis la

> Interesting and useful, James. Others will have intelligent things to
> add but I have two tiny remarks: Why no "to the side of" or "to the
> left/right", given that "above", "below", "in front of", and "in back
> of" are all represented? And are temporals to be modeled as locatives
> in this scheme? --larry
I've created a fairly open scheme in Sasxsek.  There are a few base
prepositions for location ...

	tu		= at; located at (position)
	fu		= to; toward (motion toward)
	mu		= from; away from (motion away from)
	su		= via; through; by means of
	ju		= of; belonging to (genitive)

but the bulk are derived from roots with the -U suffix ...

	hin		= interior
	hinu		= inside (of)

	sot		= exterior
	sotu		= outside (of)

	mah		= orbit
	mahu		= around; encircling

	bliz		= proximity; closeness
	blizu		= by; near

	niz		= down; low
	nizu		= at the bottom of

	temat		= theme; subject
	tematu	= about; regarding; concerning

	hav		= have; possess
	havu		= in possession of

then compounds can be created to refine the meanings if needed ...

	fuhinu	= into
	muhinu	= from the inside of
	tuhinu	= in; inside; at the interior of

	futu		= until; up to (like German "bis")



There are many more, and I've found this compounding method to be very
powerful so far because the only real limits are the semantics of the
individual roots.