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===== Highly accurate Dama Diwan / miba jeto Dama Diwan ===== | ===== Highly accurate Dama Diwan / miba jeto Dama Diwan ===== | ||
Highly accurate Dama Diwan can use a W (or unstressed O/U) before the I of a stem and a J (or unstressed E/I) before the U of a stem in order to express the metaphorical aspect of a word in the latter case and containing objects in the former. | Highly accurate Dama Diwan can use a W (or unstressed O/U) before the I of a stem and a J (or unstressed E/I) before the U of a stem in order to express the metaphorical aspect of a word in the latter case and containing objects in the former. | ||
: | :U→ JU is used for metaphor or analogy. Some examples: | ||
TUSO=seed; TJUSO is things analogous to seeds, e.g. sperm; or grains of sand. | TUSO=seed; TJUSO is things analogous to seeds, e.g. sperm; or grains of sand. | ||
SURO=both hands; SJURO is something analogous to 2 hands, e.g. the claws of a crab. | SURO=both hands; SJURO is something analogous to 2 hands, e.g. the claws of a crab. | ||
KURO=secure; KJURO is something analogous to real security, e.g. insurance, the security we have by paying an insurance company. | KURO=secure; KJURO is something analogous to real security, e.g. insurance, the security we have by paying an insurance company. | ||
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:I→ WI signifies not the thing itself, but something that contains it; for example: | |||
SIRO=a substance; SWIRO=something containing that substance; | SIRO=a substance; SWIRO=something containing that substance; | ||
MISO=a sharp point, e.g. a thorn, a needle; MWISO=having (a) sharp point(s), e.g. a thorny bush, a porcupine, an arrow; | MISO=a sharp point, e.g. a thorn, a needle; MWISO=having (a) sharp point(s), e.g. a thorny bush, a porcupine, an arrow; | ||
SITO=blood; SWITO=having blood. Lobsters are SJATO (bloodless) while fish are SWITO, creatures with blood. | |||
SITO=blood; SWITO=having blood. Lobsters are SJATO (bloodless) while fish are SWITO, creatures with blood. | |||
:Highly accurate Dama can be difficult for some people to use; in fact, it has only once or twice been in actual usage until now (November of the year 2016); on the other hand, this feature completes all possibilities of making diphthongs with the vowels of Dama, and its use may be quite useful in the future for elaborate or artistic expounding of ideas. | :Highly accurate Dama can be difficult for some people to use; in fact, it has only once or twice been in actual usage until now (November of the year 2016); on the other hand, this feature completes all possibilities of making diphthongs with the vowels of Dama, and its use may be quite useful in the future for elaborate or artistic expounding of ideas. | ||