RE: [jboske] lo'e gadri: can we converge towards a resolution?

[Nick Nicholas <opoudjis@optushome.com.au>]

> On the officializing of additional gadri, I am now thinking
> that it might be too much to ask of the BF. By my reckoning
> there are 25 gadri, of which 11 are official. The 25
> comprise pa'ei plus a 6 * 4 grid with lo'i, lau'i, le'i, la'i
> on one axis and on the other:
> set
> quantified (le, lo, la, lau'a)
> massified
> collectivized
> average
> unique

> Since I don't hold out much hope for the BF officializing
> 14 new gadri, I don't see why I should care whether just
> one or two more gadri are officialized.

And, you have a blind spot. Allow me to lift it.

la'e le broda
la'e lo broda
la'e la broda
lu'o lo'i broda
lu'o le'i broda
lu'o la'i broda

I don't need to go on, do I? If you've got these distinct features 
lying around, make a cmavo just for that feature. And LAhE will give 
you singularisation for free.

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* Dr Nick Nicholas, French & Italian Studies nickn@unimelb.edu.au *
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