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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: geodesic dome
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On Wednesday 24 October 2007 19:46, Judson Lester wrote:
> As to geodesic dome:
>
> {ta cu xabybolci je gunma be lo so'i sirji be ma'i lo kruvi sefta ku} By
> which I intend: that is a half-sphere and composed of many line segments,
> which are straight with respect to a curved surface.
>
> It might be better to relax the precision a bit and go with something more
> like
> {kruvi sirji segunma} as a tanru for "geodesic" with a lujvo like {
> ruvsirsergum }
>
> So, {xabybolci ruvsirsergum} ?

{ruvsirsergum} is not well-formed. The lujvo for that tanru is 
{krusirselgunma}.

How about {bolsfesirji} for "geodesic of a sphere", and {bolsfesirji greku} 
for "geodesic dome"?

Pierre