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Adam COOPER wrote:
> On 12/19/05, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>oh, and I forgot to say that I think that la lojban cu mutce melbi
>>>bangu
>>
>>
>>{melbi}? Is that a metaphor? I never know whether this
>>trick is allowed or not.
> 
> 
> x1 is beautiful/pleasant to x2 in aspect x3 (ka) by aesthetic standard x4
> 
> In English, "beautiful" is used for two of the five senses (sight &
> sound). i pe'i se ni'i bo that usage is fine.

.ie
Remember that the term "metaphor" is used rather confusingly in the 
Lojban literature: tanru aren't necessarily or even usually metaphors in 
the normal sense of the word. All you are saying with "mutce melbi 
bangu" is that there is some sense in which mutce modifies melbi, and 
that the resulting meaning modifies bangu in some way. The most obvious 
way would give us the sense of "very beautiful language".

robin.tr