[jbovlaste] Re: Does such a word exist ...

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

I guess it would depend on what you mean "begining of a thing".  As in (depending on how you look at it) the bumper could be the "beginning" of a car (it's the front of it).  Or "GO!" would be the "start" of a race.  Or, the beginning of the car could be when it finally came together in the factory.  The english ambiguity with the word "beginning" is confusing me with what you're asking for.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday 09 October 2009 11:40:15 Frank wrote:
>> to indicate a marker, such as "this marks the beginning of such-and-such"?
>>  I can find several words which are markers in and of themselves (cu, doi,
>> ga'o, soi, etc.).  However, I haven't been able to find a word which simply
>> means 'marker' in the same sense.  A similar question has arisen in My
>> vocabulary search for a word indicating a physical equivalent, such as

 I would think something in the sinxa or tcita family would be what
you are looking for....