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See: [[User:Ganaram inukshuk/TAMNAMS Extension]]

== Naming mosses ==

The following is a ~~proposal~~ on ~~how to name~~ mosses. There are, of course, exceptions to these rules~~, as some names are arguably too memorable to change~~.

The following is a proposed guide for naming mosses, based on patterns gleamed from existing mosses. There are, of course, exceptions to these rules.

# Names for single-period mosses with 5 or fewer notes are the most general names in the sense that they're not limited to an octave period and end with -ic or -al. These should be the only mosses that contain the anti- prefix, shortened to an-.

## Monowood is an exception in that it does not end with -ic or -al.

## An extreme alternative to rule 1 is to say that all mosses named under rule 1 should end with -al, but this requires renaming more mosses (antetral, tetral, pental, anpental) for arguably little gain.

# Names for single-period mosses not of the form 1L ns end with -tonic, suggesting that these are octave-specific and reference a specific interval, or a notable pre-TAMNAMS or other temperament-agnostic name.

# Names for single-period mosses not of the form 1L ns end with -tonic, suggesting that these are octave-specific and reference a specific interval, a notable pre-TAMNAMS or other temperament-agnostic name, or ~~indirectly reference a temperament (and instead bear the -oid prefix)~~ if ~~all~~ other options are ~~exhausted~~.

## Temperament-based names may be justified if it applies to a mos with a sufficiently narrow generator range, or if no other naming options are available. Such names should end with -oid.

## Mosh, semiquartal~~, zaltertic~~, balzano, and pine are exceptions to this rule as ~~their~~ names are ~~too distinct or too well~~-~~established~~ to ~~justify change~~.

## Mosh, semiquartal, balzano, and pine are exceptions to this rule, as are temperament-based names.

# With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, no mosses ~~should be named in a way that they contain~~ additional prefixes such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question ~~have some~~ relationship.

# Single-period mosses of the form 1L ns with 6 or more notes are named after minerals and gemstones.

## This requires renaming existing mosses, namely antimachinoid, antipine, antisubneutralic, and antisinatonic.

# Multi-period mos names should bear the -ic suffix.

## All of the wood mosses are exceptions to this rule, as are lemon, lime, and tcherepnin.

# With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, mosses shouldn't have additional prefixes, such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question are related somehow.

## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric (proposed to be renamed to baric), jaric, and taric; monowood, biwood, triwood, tetrawood, pentawood.

## Semiquartal is an exception to the no-prefixes rule because event though it bears the semi- prefix, its mosprefix is chton-.

~~## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric (proposed rename to baric), jaric, and taric; monowood, biwood, triwood, tetrawood, pentawood.~~

~~# Multi-period mos names should bear the -ic suffix.~~

~~# Names based on objects or personal names are exempt from the rules described above, as long as their naming is justified.~~

## This includes names for mosses of the form 1L ns with 6 or more notes, as these are named after gemstones and minerals, following the spirit of 1L 6s being named onyx (see next section). These mosses have too broad a tuning range to even suggest a single temperament.

~~## This includes names such as tcherepnin, pine, lemon, and lime.~~

=== Changes to exiting names ===

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 See: [[User:Ganaram inukshuk/TAMNAMS Extension]]
 == Naming mosses ==
-The following is a proposal on how to name mosses. There are, of course, exceptions to these rules, as some names are arguably too memorable to change.
+The following is a proposed guide for naming mosses, based on patterns gleamed from existing mosses. There are, of course, exceptions to these rules.
 # Names for single-period mosses with 5 or fewer notes are the most general names in the sense that they're not limited to an octave period and end with -ic or -al. These should be the only mosses that contain the anti- prefix, shortened to an-.
 ## Monowood is an exception in that it does not end with -ic or -al.
-## An extreme alternative to rule 1 is to say that all mosses named under rule 1 should end with -al, but this requires renaming more mosses (antetral, tetral, pental, anpental) for arguably little gain.
+# Names for single-period mosses not of the form 1L ns end with -tonic, suggesting that these are octave-specific and reference a specific interval, or a notable pre-TAMNAMS or other temperament-agnostic name.
-# Names for single-period mosses not of the form 1L ns end with -tonic, suggesting that these are octave-specific and reference a specific interval, a notable pre-TAMNAMS or other temperament-agnostic name, or indirectly reference a temperament (and instead bear the -oid prefix) if all other options are exhausted.
+## Temperament-based names may be justified if it applies to a mos with a sufficiently narrow generator range, or if no other naming options are available. Such names should end with -oid.
-## Mosh, semiquartal, zaltertic, balzano, and pine are exceptions to this rule as their names are too distinct or too well-established to justify change.
+## Mosh, semiquartal, balzano, and pine are exceptions to this rule, as are temperament-based names.
-# With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, no mosses should be named in a way that they contain additional prefixes such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question have some relationship.
+# Single-period mosses of the form 1L ns with 6 or more notes are named after minerals and gemstones.
+## This requires renaming existing mosses, namely antimachinoid, antipine, antisubneutralic, and antisinatonic.
+# Multi-period mos names should bear the -ic suffix.
+## All of the wood mosses are exceptions to this rule, as are lemon, lime, and tcherepnin.
+# With the exception of mosses named under rule 1, mosses shouldn't have additional prefixes, such as anti-, sub-, or super-, nor should such mosses share the same word stem unless the mosses in question are related somehow.
+## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric (proposed to be renamed to baric), jaric, and taric; monowood, biwood, triwood, tetrawood, pentawood.
 ## Semiquartal is an exception to the no-prefixes rule because event though it bears the semi- prefix, its mosprefix is chton-.
-## Sets of mosses that share a relationship with one another include the following: subaric (proposed rename to baric), jaric, and taric; monowood, biwood, triwood, tetrawood, pentawood.
-# Multi-period mos names should bear the -ic suffix.
-# Names based on objects or personal names are exempt from the rules described above, as long as their naming is justified.
-## This includes names for mosses of the form 1L ns with 6 or more notes, as these are named after gemstones and minerals, following the spirit of 1L 6s being named onyx (see next section). These mosses have too broad a tuning range to even suggest a single temperament.
-## This includes names such as tcherepnin, pine, lemon, and lime.
 === Changes to exiting names ===