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la cuncuxnas. wrote:
> coi rodo
> 
> I feel a bit dumb for asking, but...well, looking in the gismu list and 
> other such wordlists, almost all the entries have "cf." followed by a 
> list of gismu which, upon further investigation, are related to the 
> original gismu in an unclear manner.  (Unclear to me, at least.)  What 
> exactly is meant by that cf.?

I think that means "compare with" -- I assume it comes from Latin
like i.e. (id est) or e.g. (exempli gratia), but I am really not
sure.


Hal