From grey.havens@earthling.net Tue Jun 27 15:38:57 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 495 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 22:38:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 27 Jun 2000 22:38:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO postfix3.free.fr) (212.27.32.22) by mta1 with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 22:38:54 -0000 Received: from tam.n (marseille2-1-61-123.dial.proxad.net [212.27.61.123]) by postfix3.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EB886BA3 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:38:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:37:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Sender: elrond@tam.n To: Lojban List Subject: gismu list problems (was Re: [lojban] Digest Number 497) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Elrond > In a message dated 00-06-27 16:19:15 EDT, cowan writes: > > << But "botpi" doesn't mean "bottle", the noun; it means "to bottle", the > verb. > >> > botpi bot bo'i bottle x1 is a > bottle/jar/urn/flask/closable container > for x2, made of material x3 with lid x4 1f 79 (cf. baktu, lante, > patxu, tansi, tanxe, > vasru, gacri) > This is probably another problem with the definitions given in the gismu list. I have thought many times I should note every such "mistake" I find -- I think I'll start soon (however unfortunately I'm not good enough at lojban yet to have a completely sensible view on the topic) At least, here we go, at least there a problems with "botpi" and "rupnu"... co'o