a strategy used in syndetic coordination where there are fewer coordinators than coordinands. Example: the simplest example, which gives rise to the term, is one coordinator in a construction with two or more coordinands, as in Iraqw and English or Jerry, Bobby, and Phil. The term has been extended to coordination with multiple coordinands and one less coordinator than coordinand, as in Iraqw Kwermuhl nee Tlawi nee Dongobesh nee Haydom nee Daudi Kwermuhl, Tlawi, Dongobesh, Haydom, and Daudi [place names]. (Section 15.2.2)