From lojban-beginners+bncCNTPpI2KGxCPnc_oBBoECxZJMg@googlegroups.com Thu Dec 23 14:35:13 2010 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PVtkb-0005p4-IE; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:35:13 -0800 Received: by qyk1 with SMTP id 1sf12611005qyk.16 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:35:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; bh=Vqgex2Thm1BdI8rB+Ce9XlLgT5ppNkwxDp4h8uJmJTc=; b=YzPICxy6+9cUqgPmluL3mgjkjqslfym944DHErCJISeAuvPf2YbRwCTv4n9BZWrcnw McaUQqCplouz2kp2JCvPvL/T3VTKby4I+korsvN5uSzEyPe6qsQL55oNikEpPdMJCj+Q qm41hDlEi0kj5SSQHU6USR2sGWc7iF0fPCOuE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition; b=futDFe9efyBDBg2xl3Mqdw360/2xRapkY0t82s7BiyuyE8BH/mfVoovDfjsZmK/Iwx OxFncING1RtgvrwJDmKo6nQBqmx4u3UKSTqWjBUWSB4Fhl7MCz8sRUeZXZ57xnrvRYHK 4x9S6uyG50q3YUHKj0+ZzbLDHuCjbpCTtnKCs= Received: by 10.229.19.84 with SMTP id z20mr1009979qca.2.1293143695265; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:34:55 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.229.75.218 with SMTP id z26ls1781411qcj.3.p; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.36.12 with SMTP id r12mr1032258qcd.4.1293143694558; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.36.12 with SMTP id r12mr1032257qcd.4.1293143694525; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id s6si1546573qco.5.2010.12.23.14.34.54; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=75.180.132.120; X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=Inhw+Jdt7z1D3BivGPfn2aw54OvUEJw5lAn/booRZkE= c=1 sm=0 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:17 a=jVtDYScgTwBTxBSOsiEA:9 a=LPUwmL49iD3HJuDQq4XTKzcd1vcA:4 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 75.176.118.168 Received: from [75.176.118.168] ([75.176.118.168:54205] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id DF/BA-13137-D8EC31D4; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:34:54 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C80B32BB for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:34:50 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Knitting Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:34:47 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201012231734.48404.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) smtp.mail=phma@phma.optus.nu Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 23 December 2010 15:25:34 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: > But what word describes a knitting needle? Is it a {nivji jesni}? In > Russian, there is a unique root for "knitting needle" that has nothing to > do with "needle" (although crocheting is "knitting with a hook")? "nivjesni" is fine. What are the Russian words? In English needles that are used with thread generally have eyes (holes), except knitting needles, which are shaped like pins. But in Lojban a pijne has to pierce something, so a sewing needle, but not a knitting needle, could be called "pijne". Pierre -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en.