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First Draft of Glosa primes

William T. Branch ("William T. Branch" <bill@...>) on September 25, 2006

Here is the first draft of the primes. Any suggestions?

-bill

!mi !tu !un= o-pe !plu-homi !ra !soma !u-ci !idem !hetero

!mo !bi !no-poli This is curr= ently disputable. Do prefixes make sense for a prime? !panto !mega for “muc= h or many” !boni !kako or mali? hmm, which one? !mega for “big” This will c= ause a problem for nsm explications. This word covers two primes. Does “me= ga plu kani” mean “big dogs” or “many dogs” !mikro or pusi? which one? !for= ti !puta !logi or ski? which one? !volu !este or sensi? !oku or vide? !audi=

!dice !verba !veri !akti or praxi? !acide !ki or kine or moti ? !palpa !es= , es la or existe? !habe !vive !morta !tem !nu !pre !po !longi-tem !brevi-t= em !no-poli tem !kron !loka !ci !supra !infra or intra? Is intra an error i= n the dictionary since it is also listed as inside? !tele !proxi !latu !in= tra !afia !ne !posi !pote !ka or kausa? !si or postula? !forti “very” is li= sted twice in the NSM. Are there really two primes here? One is listed as = an intensifier and one an augmentor. Presumeably this implies “very” is a = homophone in English for two meanings while not being so in other language= s. !ma or major !speci !mero or de or mero de? I’m at a loss here completel= y !homo

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First Draft of Glosa primes - Committee on language planning, FIAS. Coordination: Vergara & Hardy, PhDs.