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classifiers

See the classifiers discussion page for more information.

CLASSIFIER:  The sign for "classifier" is "C-L."


A few of the more frequently occurring classifiers:

CL:1  Things that are (relatively) long and skinny.  A pencil, a stick, a person.
CL:A
an object in a certain location.  A house, a lamp.
CL:3- vehicles, [motorcycle, park a car, row of cars, accident, garage]
CL:4-["line of people" CURTAIN]
CL:5
-[scads of]
CL:B- flat things[roof, flat, wall]
CL:C-[thick things, round pole-like things]
CL:C-(index and thumb)  pepperoni, cookies, campaign buttons
CL:F - small round things: buttons, quarters, tokens
CL:G
- thin things (or degree of thinness)
CL:L(bent)-[large, big-headed/egoistic/conceited, check, card, square]
CL:L-[check, card, square]
CL:V- legs, a person walking-(upside-down V), two people walking, [stand, walk-to, lay down, toss-and-turn, dive, jump, skate board, scooter, get up] 
CL:V (bent fingers) = a small animal, or a larger animal sitting.

CL:Y  Very wide things.  A fat person walking.  A hippopotamus's mouth.




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