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Subject: [lojban] Snark hunting (was Re: Lojban Wiktionary closure proposal.)
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On Jun 17, 2012, at 12:10, Escape Landsome wrote:

> but is there a way I can create a lojban word that means "the hunting
> of a snark"
>=20
> without precising if it is "the fact I hunt a snark", or the fact a
> snark hunts me ?


(For the rest of this message, assume we have previously defined {broda} to=
 be "x1 is a snark", as with {cei}.)

A selbri for "x1 is the event of hunting involving a snark" is:

  nu broda kalte

We can choose to smash that into a lujvo as:

  nunrodykalte

It would, however, be poor form to define such a lujvo without being more s=
pecific about the role of the snark, and including specific x2 and x3 place=
s describing the event in more detail.

There is nothing wrong with using "nu broda kalte" to be vague; there is no=
thing wrong with having a *selbri for something* rather than a *word for so=
mething*, until you really have to say it a lot. And if your concept is fre=
quent in your document, you can say

  .i nu broda kalte kei cei brode

and now you can use {brode} for "the hunting of a snark" all you like for t=
he rest of your text.

--=20
Kevin Reid                                  <http://switchb.org/kpreid/>

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