From adam@pubcrawler.org Tue Feb 09 08:31:14 2010 Received: from express.cec.wustl.edu ([128.252.21.16] helo=mail.cec.wustl.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NeszS-0001qU-5g for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:14 -0800 Received: from grid.cec.wustl.edu (grid.cec.wustl.edu [128.252.20.97]) by mail.cec.wustl.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A49F1E8022; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:31:00 -0600 (CST) Received: by grid.cec.wustl.edu (Postfix, from userid 29287) id 20F341F7876; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:31:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grid.cec.wustl.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C7C1F7838; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:31:00 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:31:00 -0600 (CST) From: "Adam D. Lopresto" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Help! The Xorlo are attacking! In-Reply-To: <702226df1002090821m1703c5a8l569467a229bb024@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <218950.62113.qm@web46104.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <425e4ac21002081956jb0e0de5n98a1a5446c4f7609@mail.gmail.com> <201002090214.40868.phma@phma.optus.nu> <702226df1002090821m1703c5a8l569467a229bb024@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Jon "Top Hat" Jones wrote: > One thing I want to mention: {la} is not only for cmene. It is the gadri > used for all cmevla. {la mlatu}, for instance, is a cmevla, whereas > {la.aionys.} is a cmene. I think you have it backwards. {cmevla} is the term for lojban words that end in consonants, and can only be used as names ({.aionys.}, for instance). {cmene} is any lojban name, including cmevla and selbri used as names (for instance, {zo xalbo mi cmene}). mu'o mi'e la xalxo -- Adam Lopresto http://cec.wustl.edu/~adam/ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the wise cannot see all ends. --Gandalf the Grey