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On Thursday, March 21, 2013 19:07:14 Jacob Errington wrote:
> {mluni} isn't a fu'ivla, it's a gismu of the form CCVCV. (fu'ivla can't b=
e
> five letters long, as that's a criterion for being a gismu.)=20

A fu'ivla can be five letters long, mu'u zo .aizdo .e zo gleua.

> I can, however, see one major issue with the numeric system: what if we
> discover a new planet between two existing ones? What do we call it? If
> it's discovered between planet 3 and 4, do we call it planet 3.5 ? Do we
> shift all the other planets back and call this new planet planet 4 ? As f=
ar
> as I can tell, this is the only real shortcoming of this system.

I prefer names, and would like to see what they turn out to be if we combin=
e=20
the Greek/Latin names with the Sanskrit or Chinese ones. Even the Greek nam=
es=20
can be slightly foreign: I once read a reference to =F4=EF=ED =F0=EB=E1=ED=
=E7=F4=E7 =D0=EF=F3=E5=E9=E4=F9=ED=E1, and=20
it took me a second or two to figure out they meant Neptune. Asteroids and=
=20
minor planets are designated by both names and numbers, but the number=20
indicates the order of discovery (except for Pluto).

> > A carbon nanotube could be a {navtabytu'u} and a space elevator a {kens=
a
> > galgau}.
>=20
> Elevators are machines rather than agents, and I'd suggest {galzenrikmi'i=
}
> "height increase physical-cause machine". Perfectly jvajvo. As for carbon
> nanotube, I don't think that a lujvo is ideal for this concept. (Due to i=
t
> being extremely naljvajvo, as in practically 0% jvajvo.) Why not just use=
 a
> tanru? {.i tabno ke nanvi tubnu}.

"navytabytu'u" would mean a nanocarbon tube. I'd say "tabno navytu'u" or=20
"tabynavytu'u", and I don't see anything naljvajvo about it (nanotubes can=
=20
contain things, such as smaller nanotubes).

What's a space elevator? I suggest "lafmi'i" for elevator; it's shorter.

Pierre
--=20
I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.

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