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Re: DonHa'

...Paul ([email protected])

• From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: DonHa'
• Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:44:10 -0800 (PST)
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Russ Perry Jr wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a word for "perpendicular"?

Well, I have in my notes /taH/, a verb for "Be at a negative angle".
Since I think this references flight (ie. angling down towards the
ground), we might be able to use this with the suffix /-chu'/ "perfectly,
clearly" to indicate a path that is perpendicular (since the greatest
downward angle would be perpendicular to the ground)...

You had suggested /DonHa'/ "unparallel", but I don't think that
necessarily means perpendicular.  Perhaps, however, you could say
/Donbe'chu'/  "Perfectly not parallel", and get "perpendicular" out of
that.

It's interesting, I couldn't find a word for "intercept", either...

...Paul

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