From araizen@newmail.net Mon Nov 1 05:18:09 1999
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:09 +0200
From: "Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>
Subject: Re: trees?

Michal Wallace (sabren) wrote:

> xod's idea about the computer-specific list of words got me
> thinking... I have on my bookshelf one of the coolest books ever
> created: Stephen Glazier's "Word Menu". It's like a dictionary, but
> grouped by subject, much like yahoo is for websites.
> 
> (see http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.cgi?isbn=0345414411 )
> 
> Anyway, I want to start reindexing the lojban dictionary this way.
> I don't know what to call it though!
> 
> some gismu look promising:
> 
> liste (list)
> girzu (group)
> jutsi (species/relationship between two layers of hierarchy)
> lanzu (family/clan)
> 
> 
> so:
> 
> valjut ? 
> valsi liste ?
> valsi lanzu ?
> 

How about jutste (jutsi liste)

I wrote a python module that takes the official gi'uste and adds 
hyperlinks to the lojban words (the cross-references and 
examples). This is probably not exactly what you're looking for, but 
it's a start.

You can find it at:
http://users.aol.com/raizen311/index.html

> I also thought about tricu, which is a "tree".. but after reading
> the comment in the grammar about "social buterflies" always being
> actual insects in lojban, I'd guess a {valsi tricu} would be a
> one of those trees that someone carved their name in...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 

That type of a tree is a jutsi or a ka jutsi in Lojban.

co'o mi'e adam


Adam Raizen
araizen@newmail.net
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