Received: from mail-yx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.213.189]:45589)
	by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128)
	(Exim 4.76)
	(envelope-from <lojban+bncCNTPpI2KGxDQ8OT3BBoEKkbTQQ@googlegroups.com>)
	id 1RfNVr-0005r6-9v; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:43 -0800
Received: by yenm3 with SMTP id m3sf9404373yen.16
        for <multiple recipients>; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:33 -0800 (PST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=googlegroups.com; s=beta;
        h=x-beenthere:received-spf: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:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender
         :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-disposition;
        bh=T3ApmmGwml7qqeNNjuBoquvx+p4e1l5O+gHEsX6vvg0=;
        b=LcGBrIu+htFuyBG0Kl3/fIOmUTNVOdzmOcVlbP921cWhiHJ5Fphz6CwrhGcSrAe5T6
         zbQo/oF6NfZJ0fUF3nP56cLXwVqTNI4rMjN6EBo6pkeJv+NMXIaEJVPrQtpd62fkMyfi
         Wge5diHZ6ya3JJ6TOfgtKEup4+aOyXd2Vf0IE=
Received: by 10.236.124.38 with SMTP id w26mr4253959yhh.2.1324955728935;
        Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:28 -0800 (PST)
X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com
Received: by 10.101.184.32 with SMTP id l32ls34272080anp.6.gmail; Mon, 26 Dec
 2011 19:15:28 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.236.190.68 with SMTP id d44mr46329942yhn.1.1324955728255;
        Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:28 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.236.190.68 with SMTP id d44mr46329941yhn.1.1324955728246;
        Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:28 -0800 (PST)
Received: from chausie (cpe-069-132-101-103.carolina.res.rr.com. [69.132.101.103])
        by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id a35si8665432yhf.2.2011.12.26.19.15.27;
        Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:15:27 -0800 (PST)
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 69.132.101.103 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=69.132.101.103;
Received: from ip6-localhost (ip6-localhost [IPv6:::1])
	by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD3C21B47
	for <lojban@googlegroups.com>; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:15:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [lojban] auntie/uncle
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:15:20 -0500
User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405)
References: <CAEimHHAmLhMdK84gsfJSHf+NDPnvV0Pq7U0G40WgYSy9yAyPsg@mail.gmail.com> <CAEimHHCuDr5dOBTY5BE3+TfarPCfyg2BDM5Yw=2uk_jZ7JL+Vw@mail.gmail.com> <CAEimHHCgxqgdi91kVKgStvWGwGrB3uAwx=Nx1fB7MSgTESv_OQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAEimHHCgxqgdi91kVKgStvWGwGrB3uAwx=Nx1fB7MSgTESv_OQ@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <201112262215.22221.phma@phma.optus.nu>
X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu
X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com:
 69.132.101.103 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@googlegroups.com
Precedence: list
Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com
List-ID: <lojban.googlegroups.com>
X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417
List-Post: <http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/post?hl=en_US>, <mailto:lojban@googlegroups.com>
List-Help: <http://groups.google.com/support/?hl=en_US>, <mailto:lojban+help@googlegroups.com>
List-Archive: <http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en_US>
Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com
List-Subscribe: <http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/subscribe?hl=en_US>, <mailto:lojban+subscribe@googlegroups.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/subscribe?hl=en_US>, <mailto:lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Disposition: inline
X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/)
X-Spam_score: -0.0
X-Spam_score_int: 0
X-Spam_bar: /

On Monday 26 December 2011 12:58:10 Luke Bergen wrote:
> So I was visiting the family and was thinking about how my wife's sisster's
> daughter would refer to me.
>
> At first I liked the idea of relationships being explictely called out like
> mamymam etc... But now I'm wondering if it would be nice to have a really
> generic title for family members.  I mean, how many people had an "uncle
> jim" who was technically a close friend of the family but has an honorary
> family title.
>
> So I was thinking maybe something like {la lanzu.djim} as being a fully
> generic family title for when you don't want to spell out that this is "la
> mamymesyspeni djim"

I'd say that do famtyspe ko'a. "la lanzu.djim" is ungrammatical; you can 
say "la .lanz.djim" (in dotside) or "la .ckin.djim" or "la noi ckini .djim."

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" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.