Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org
Delivery-date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:57:02 -0700
DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;  s=s1024; d=rogers.com;  h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding;  b=vJTYSfCpOgz+HadM1LKHUPWwVaLXtqGfqzmilG5hXs0h5DdQfPW6s1N6T78g5piAE6K4Ve2Y/rG/FCSUHte/NDGJ+hjzEa5FJ98H2O/6EMHZ/n4IpcWMeh6UKsJGxY2e18Vot2y/3Cp+VTY1294cVcGWEt/pnoRkPoFd5ZOx2Qs=;
Message-ID: <267856.88875.qm@web88003.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
References: <130555.40063.qm@web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20100712115758.GA13842@lake.fysh.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:55:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 03
To: jbovlaste@lojban.org
In-Reply-To: <20100712115758.GA13842@lake.fysh.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org
Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org
Precedence: bulk
Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org
Content-Length: 811
Lines: 30


> 
> A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> >1) 
> >k1 zbikre k2=n2
> >k1 are the whiskers of k2=n2
> >from
> >k1 kerfa k2 lo nazbi be n2 n3 ku k3
> 
> The distinguishing feature of whiskers is not their location but their
> function: they are sensory organs.  This distinguishes them from most
> nasal hair, and indeed they are found not only on faces but also on
> forelegs.  I suggest {gaskre} ({ganse kerfa}), with a place structure
> such as:
> 
>     k1=g3 are the whiskers attached to k2=g1 at locus k3 for the
>     detection of stimuli g2 under conditions g4
> 
But not all whiskers are sensory hairs (vibrissa).  My neighbour has a
few whiskers on his nose, but hardly sensory.  {zbikre} would still be 
more appropriate.

However, {gaskre] seems a useful lujvo whose gloss would be:
whisker; sensory hair

totus