From grey.havens@earthling.net Sat Jul 08 16:33:22 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13970 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2000 23:33:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 8 Jul 2000 23:33:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO postfix3.free.fr) (212.27.32.22) by mta1 with SMTP; 8 Jul 2000 23:33:21 -0000 Received: from paris11-nas1-40-198.dial.proxad.net (paris11-nas1-40-198.dial.proxad.net [212.27.40.198]) by postfix3.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5360686B92 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 01:33:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 03:20:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Sender: elrond@dong.n To: Lojban List Subject: Vocabulary (more to come) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE From: Elrond Hi, =09I'm preparing still more lojban words for my work... Any comments? ki'e co'o mi'e rafael ------------------------------------------ the tengwar as a writing system:la tenguar (not-really-exact definition: la tenguar cu cmene le lerfrtengua selylerfu) lerfrtengua=09x1 is a tengwa representing sound/phoneme x2 under mode x3 wi= th =09=09structure (l=FAvar/telcor) x4 (also "lerfu be la tenguar" for quick explanation purposes) =09=09 lerfrtexta=09x1 is a tehta representing sound/with meaning x2 under mode x3 lerfromatexta=09x1 is an =F3matehta over tengwa x2 representing vowel x3=20 =09=09under mode x4=20 =09=09 [lerfrtengua] ci'arci'e : a [tengwar] writing mode (place structure of cist= e) The names of the tengwar: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D tinco:tinkor=09parma:parman=09calma:kalman=09quesse:kuesen ando:andor=09umbar:umbar=09anga:angar=09ungwe:unguen th=FBle:sulen=09formen:formen=09charma:xarman=09chwesta:xuestar anto:antor=09ampa:ampar=09anca:ankar=09unque:unkuen n=FBmen:numen=09malta:maltar=09=F1oldo:nioldon=09=F1walme:nualmen =F4re:oren=09vala:valan=09anna:anan=09wilya:uilian ?=09=09?=09=09lamba:lamben=09alda:aldan silme:silmen=09s. nuquerna:silmen.nukuernan=20 =09=09=09=09=E1ze:azen=09=E1. nuquerna:azen.nukuernan hyarmen:iarmen=09?=09=09yanta:iantar=09=FAre:uren halla:alar (FIXME: the choice of the final consonant is completely arbitrary (although somewhat based on the niceness of the resulting spoken forms, any idea of= =20 a "logical" way to end those words ?) (NOTE: the justification of the transcription of the 'ch' sounds is given o= n a detailed description of the tengwar system, on a separate web page) Other words: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D pusta:pustar bevle'u=09=09x1 is a sign/letter carrying sign/letter/accent x2 in =09=09 alphabet/character set x3 representing x4 =09=09(x1 =3D bevri1/lerfu1, x2 =3D bevri2, x3 =3D lerfu2, x4 =3D lerfu3) selbevle'u=09x1 is an accent/sign/letter carried by sign/letter x2 in ... =09=09(see bevle'u) =09=09 tengrtelco=09x1 is the telco(stem) of tengwa x2 (short: tordu, long+down:dzicla, long+up: galcla) tengrluva=09x1 is a l=FAva(bow) of tengwa x2 (closed l=FAva: mulno-, open-: narmu'o) example:=20 la parman cu lerfrtengua fo pa dzicla tengrtelco .e pa ri'u mulno tengrluv= a =20 'parma' is a tengwa built with one downward 'telco' and one right-oriente= d=20 closed 'l=FAva'. (FIXME: wouldn't it be better not to include this x4 place in the fu'ivla "lerfrtengua", and use "sema'e" of selma'o BAI to indicate the structure ?) lersni=09=09x1 is a written symbol meaning x2 in alphabet x3 =09=09(x1 =3D lerfu1/sinxa1, x2 =3D sinxa2/lerfu3, x3 =3D lerfu2) nitci'ali'i=09x1 is an underline stroke for text/signs x2=20 =09=09(x1 =3D cnita1/linji1, x2 =3D ciska2) jmifa'i=09=09x1 is figuring out fact/truth x2 about subject x3 =09=09(x1 =3D jimpe1/facki1, x2 =3D jimpe2/facki2, x3 =3D jimpe3/facki3) ninja'osku=09x1 announces x2 to audience x3 via expressive medium x4 =09=09(x1 =3D ninja'o1/cusku1, x2=3Dninja'o2/cusku2, x3 =3D ninja'o3/cusku3 =09=09 x4 =3D cusku4) selfiljmi=09x1 easily grasps fact/truth x2 about x3=20 =09=09(x2 is straightforward to x1) under conditions x4 =09=09(x1 =3D frili2/jimpe1, x2 =3D frili1/jimpe2, x3 =3D jimpe3,=20 =09=09 x4 =3D frili3) ci'armo'a=09x1 is a set of notations including x2 in document x3 with =09=09structure x4 =09=09(x1 =3D ciska2/morna1, x2 =3D morna2, x3 =3D ciska3, x4 =3D morna3)