From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Aug 19 17:30:48 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:30:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MdvYF-0002t0-Se for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:30:48 -0700 Received: from kcout01.prserv.net ([12.154.55.31]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MdvY9-0002ps-Rh for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:30:47 -0700 Received: from [192.168.0.8] (cpe-67-249-56-101.twcny.res.rr.com[67.249.56.101]) by prserv.net (kcout01) with SMTP id <200908200030342010028cm7e> (Authid: usinet.kpreid); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:30:35 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [67.249.56.101] Message-Id: <2B325BB7-A08E-4C97-9C89-A768DC837A29@mac.com> From: Kevin Reid To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Referring to selma'o in Lojban Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:32 -0400 References: X-archive-position: 2043 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: kpreid@mac.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Aug 19, 2009, at 20:15, Joshua Choi wrote: > The selma'o seem to have non-Lojbanic names like "BAhE". How does > one refer to a selma'o in Lojban, short of quoting? le selma'o be zo ba'e .i le selma'o be zo ba'e du le selma'o be zo za'e Note that "selma'o" is the se-conversion of "cmavo"; you can use any cmavo in the x2 of "selma'o" to refer to its selma'o. -- Kevin Reid