From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Apr 07 11:22:52 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 07 Apr 2003 11:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao03.cox.net ([68.1.17.242]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 192bGX-0002F6-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2003 11:22:45 -0700 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030407182215.KVZT23518.lakemtao03.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:22:15 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030407142014.03402c20@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 14:22:53 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org From: Robert LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: samcu In-Reply-To: <200304071008.37954.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 4738 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 10:08 AM 4/7/03 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote: >The official definition of {samcu} is any of three different plants: >Taro (Colocasia) is in the arum family. >Manioc (Manihot) is in the spurge family (as is the poinsettia). >Yam (Dioscorea) is in the yam family. >Which of these, if any, is the default meaning of {samcu}? Probably any/all of them. In a context where you are talking about pretty flowers, it might be the poinsettia; if you are going to eat it, it might be a yam. Good place for some disambiguating lujvo. gismu are supposed to have as generalized a meaning as possible, so as to enable such use in lujvo. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org