bottleful was Beyond Whorf: "things," "qualities," and the origin of nouns and adjectives

[Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>]

>When it is true that it will do wonders, it is still in the can,
>so there is no problem there. What is more of a problem is using
>{lo se botpi} for "a bottleful", because there is nothing to
>indicate that it must fill a bottle, only that it be in one.

botydekpu
x1 is x2 bottlefuls by standard x3 or in bottle x3 (the bottle is the standard
by which bottlefuls are measured)

phma