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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>
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I've noticed the paucity of chemical gismu and the tendency of chemical names 
to be polysynthetic and I had an idea. How about using {tanru}, a binary 
metaphor, metaphorically for a binary compound? Thus {xumtau} would mean "x1 
is a binary compound of x2 and x3" and the rafsi {tau}, when attached to a 
word meaning a chemical, would be equivalent to "-ide". E.g. {tabno 
relkijytau} = "carbon dioxide" (also {bakrygapci}) and {sodna klirytau} = 
"sodium chloride".

phma
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