Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 22:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Military ranks ki'orja'a, ctoja'a, and dekyja'a
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I can't imagine worthwhile system even within US, Britain and Canada.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Comparative_military_ranks

For me it looks like unavoidable polysemy of such terms as "general",=20
"admiral", "captain" etc.

On Sunday, September 1, 2013 6:49:10 AM UTC+4, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
> Yesterday I read "The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce". I thought "Bimbashi" was=
=20
> Joyce's first name until I read "the Bimbashi". Then I looked it up and=
=20
> found=20
> out it's from Turkish, and there are also yuzbashis and ombashis. I'm=20
> guessing=20
> that the Turkish words are translations of =CF=87=CE=B9=CE=BB=CE=B9=CE=B1=
=CF=81=CF=87=CE=BF=CF=82, =CE=B5=CE=BA=CE=B1=CF=84=CE=BF=CE=BD=CF=84=CE=B1=
=CF=81=CF=87=CE=BF=CF=82, and=20
> whatever the Greeks called decurions. So I thought up ki'orja'a, ctoja'a,=
=20
> and=20
> dekyja'a. What do you think?=20
>
> I just looked up "general" in vlasisku and found several words of the for=
m=20
> N-=20
> moija'a. I think there was a proposal to take Chinese ranks and European=
=20
> ranks=20
> and mash them together to create fu'ivla. What became of those words?=20
>
> Pierre=20
> --=20
> When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.=20
> J=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada, j=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada.=20
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I can't imagine worthwhile system even within US, Britain =
and Canada.<div>http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Comparative_military_ranks=
</div><div><br></div><div>For me it looks like unavoidable polysemy of such=
 terms as "general", "admiral", "captain" etc.<br><br>On Sunday, September =
1, 2013 6:49:10 AM UTC+4, Pierre Abbat wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
te" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;paddi=
ng-left: 1ex;">Yesterday I read "The Debut of Bimbashi Joyce". I thought "B=
imbashi" was=20
<br>Joyce's first name until I read "the Bimbashi". Then I looked it up and=
 found=20
<br>out it's from Turkish, and there are also yuzbashis and ombashis. I'm g=
uessing=20
<br>that the Turkish words are translations of =CF=87=CE=B9=CE=BB=CE=B9=CE=
=B1=CF=81=CF=87=CE=BF=CF=82, =CE=B5=CE=BA=CE=B1=CF=84=CE=BF=CE=BD=CF=84=CE=
=B1=CF=81=CF=87=CE=BF=CF=82, and=20
<br>whatever the Greeks called decurions. So I thought up ki'orja'a, ctoja'=
a, and=20
<br>dekyja'a. What do you think?
<br>
<br>I just looked up "general" in vlasisku and found several words of the f=
orm N-
<br>moija'a. I think there was a proposal to take Chinese ranks and Europea=
n ranks=20
<br>and mash them together to create fu'ivla. What became of those words?
<br>
<br>Pierre
<br>--=20
<br>When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
<br>J=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada, j=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada.
<br>
<br></blockquote></div></div>

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