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Re: RET: adjectives from names
- To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List)
- Subject: Re: RET: adjectives from names
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:03:32 -0500 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <199512051556.KAA06623@locke.ccil.org> from "Paulo Barreto" at Dec 5, 95 10:01:00 am
la paulos. cusku di'e
> Which Lojban construct renders the meaning of "Brownian movement",
> "Boolean algebra" and similar adjectives derived from names?
Traditionally simply "me la braun. nunmuvdu" and "me la bul. cmacrxaldjabri"
(restoring a facsimile of the Arabic version there). Even with the new,
more stringent definition of "me", these work because of the looseness of
tanru.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
e'osai ko sarji la lojban.