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Ицхак Пензев Jan 11, 2018 (17:17)

A word for "minute", I beg you!
All I can imagine is smth like nilco (nilcu-) < √NIK + √LU

Tamas Ferencz Jan 11, 2018 (17:45)

*lúmesta 'fraction of an hour'

Ицхак Пензев Jan 11, 2018 (18:16)

don't feel precise enough

Александр Запрягаев Jan 11, 2018 (18:23)

Enquainasta.

Tamas Ferencz Jan 11, 2018 (18:33)

Is 'minute' precise?

Ицхак Пензев Jan 11, 2018 (18:43)

Why is nilco bad, then? It's a calque from Latin "minuta".

Tamas Ferencz Jan 11, 2018 (18:49)

I didn't say it was bad, just offered an alternative.

Tamas Ferencz Jan 11, 2018 (19:23)

Other alternatives, not involving , only NIK: *nikil, *nikko

Tamas Ferencz Jan 11, 2018 (19:39)

... or even just *nit (nik-)

Ицхак Пензев Jan 12, 2018 (06:53)

+Tamas Ferencz​ was not nikko a mouse in earlier discussions?

Tamas Ferencz Jan 12, 2018 (09:48)

Tamas Ferencz Jan 12, 2018 (10:17)

It could be fun to call minutes nit and seconds tit.

Ицхак Пензев Jan 12, 2018 (12:16)

I feel free to (re-)use neuna for "second". But "minute" remains open for debates, while it is much more necessary.

Tamas Ferencz Jan 12, 2018 (12:48)

So let the battle of words commence! Only the strongest will prevail! :)