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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban for one dozen dozen, a gross or 144
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:26:37 -0400
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On Wednesday, October 02, 2013 18:35:29 Terry Sofian wrote:
> Is there a lojban word for 144 or a gross? If there is how would a person
> say one part in 144 or 1/144?

There isn't a special word for a gross as there are for ten times, a hundre=
d=20
times, and a thousand times something (dekto, xecto, kilto). If you think=
=20
there should be, make one up.

There isn't even a special word in French for "dozen" =97 it's just "douze"=
 plus=20
a suffix "-aine" which can be added to any number from 4 to at least 100 (b=
ut=20
1000 takes "-ier", and higher powers of 1000 can just be used as nouns with=
out=20
adding a suffix). Once I arrived at church, noticed that there were exactly=
=20
forty chairs, and remarked "Las sillas deben estar enfermas porque est=E1n =
en=20
cuarentena".

On Wednesday, October 02, 2013 17:19:21 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> I could be wrong and it's {sovjipci}, not {jipcyso'a}, but I don't think =
so.

That would be an egg chicken. I'd just say "sovda", as long as it's clear f=
rom=20
the context that they are chicken eggs and that they are not laid by rooste=
rs.=20
Or are you asking which came first?

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

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