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noun salin
[salin] 
salt
(NaCl)
 Tokasha
Etymology
From English 'saline', etc.
Notes
This works in the same grammatical way as asoka 'sugar', so I've copied that explanation below:

In the singular form (asoka), it refers to a single grain of sugar.

In the plural form with no numeral (asokase), it refers to the English mass/uncountable noun 'sugar'.

If there's also a numeral (e.g. fe asokase 'three sugar'), it means 'three grains of sugar'.

If you want to express that you want three sugars in your coffee, you'd have to use a quantifier like "fe katofidise ov-asokase" ('three cubes of sugar').

Of course, in casual speech "fe asokase" would most likely be understood as 'three cubes/spoons of sugar' and not 'three grains of sugar', because the former makes more sense in the context of coffee drinking.
↺ 2 March 2019, 18:24

Inflection of 'salin' (1 table)
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Conlang translations
Natural translations
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Oroqen
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Romanilon
Takiabeig
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