Received: from mail-pb0-f61.google.com ([209.85.160.61]:38235) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SnEPd-0001X6-5x; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:58 -0700 Received: by pbbro2 with SMTP id ro2sf10989494pbb.16 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:message-id:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to: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; bh=TydjaqjtiVZzVNXeVxmAYLDkvUK4kS9sbQOuIvqoPik=; b=lRxW4UvszZUnYPakmgqgJJ23GnvvioUO/JzdytV+Sys3P/YBGmnPBkHDdXiVF9+lcQ CUwC8LH3KybSpaX6Jz5UsIUWqJk/3RKFsfLFflgTJPxqtykw61Ctmn08R8DO2JIYFRGq dzB4yba4HD8fa+5/CtRMwktFQQmqAcsQikcuU= Received: by 10.236.180.74 with SMTP id i50mr3742160yhm.12.1341603711041; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:51 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.236.93.48 with SMTP id k36ls19836336yhf.6.gmail; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.73.131 with SMTP id v3mr52712414yhd.6.1341603710601; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.73.131 with SMTP id v3mr52712413yhd.6.1341603710588; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-yw0-f47.google.com (mail-yw0-f47.google.com [209.85.213.47]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t29si3309747yha.0.2012.07.06.12.41.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of celestialcognition@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.213.47; Received: by yhjj56 with SMTP id j56so10543182yhj.6 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.220.136 with SMTP id pw8mr3473035igc.1.1341603710344; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.103] (76-76-236-67.lisco.net. [76.76.236.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dw5sm3093396igc.6.2012.07.06.12.41.49 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:41:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FF73F7C.50801@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:41:48 -0500 From: vitci'i User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120615 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Baby words: soft to the touch. References: <20120706193325.GJ3566@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20120706193325.GJ3566@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> X-Original-Sender: celestialcognition@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of celestialcognition@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.47 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=celestialcognition@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / On 07/06/2012 02:33 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > {ranti} seems to be about soft like a ripe fruit, not soft like > velvet. What would you use for the latter? Is {ranti tengu} > malrarbau? > > -Robin pe'i the meaning of soft-like-velvet is that it yields slightly under slight to moderate force, while saying nothing about its ability to undergo larger deformations. So I think {ranti tengu} is reasonably accurate. {pruni tengu} or {randa tengu} may also work, though the gloss "surrender" suggests that randa1 is supposed to be an agent. -- 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.