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:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small"- which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]- and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

:::::::: Hmm, since the "-us" in "nexus" is not part of the stem in Latin, would "nexisma" be a good replacement for "nexuma"? --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 21:58, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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	:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small"- which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]- and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura\|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura\|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)		:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small"- which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]- and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura\|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura\|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

			:::::::: Hmm, since the "-us" in "nexus" is not part of the stem in Latin, would "nexisma" be a good replacement for "nexuma"? --[[User:Aura\|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura\|talk]]) 21:58, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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