On 12/15/06, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
If I understand {si'e} correctly,
{pasi'e} means "x1 is the first portion of mass/totality x2",
{resi'e} means "x1 is the second portion of mass/totality x2",
{rosi'e} means "x1 is all portions of mass/totality x2",
{su'osi'e} means "x1 is at least some portions of mass/totality x2".
{so'esi'e} means "x1 is most of the portions of mass/totality x2".
The ma'oste definition is a bit confusing, but the idea with {si'e} is that
it takes fractions, not integers:
fi'uresi'e = pimusi'e: "x1 is half of x2"
fi'ucisi'e = picira'esi'e: "x1 is a third of x2"
fi'uvosi'e = piremusi'e: "x1 is a quarter of x2"
...
pisu'osi'e: "x1 is some fraction of x2"
piso'esi'e: "x1 is most of x2"
piso'asi'e: "x1 is almost all of x2"
pirosi'e: "x1 is all/the whole of x2"
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