From sentto-44114-19403-1051093280-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Apr 23 03:21:59 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 03:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 198HNw-00076z-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 03:21:52 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-19403-1051093280-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.197] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Apr 2003 10:21:20 -0000 X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_5); 23 Apr 2003 10:21:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 34872 invoked from network); 23 Apr 2003 10:21:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Apr 2003 10:21:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blackcat.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Apr 2003 10:21:19 -0000 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AAAD1241D; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:21:25 -0400 (EDT) Organization: dis To: lojban@yahoogroups.com User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030423064243.GA17874@swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20030423064243.GA17874@swbell.net> Message-Id: <200304230621.25394.phma@webjockey.net> From: Pierre Abbat MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:21:25 -0400 Subject: [lojban] Re: Defining lujvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 4902 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wednesday 23 April 2003 02:42, xavin@xavin.adhockery.net wrote: > Is there a way to define a lujvo without refering to another language? > More importantly, is there a way to define a gismu without falling back > to another language? > > These seem important, especially the gismu part, because then you would > have to have material in a language you know other than Lojban to expand > your vocabulary. It is impossible to define every word in a language in that language without having circularity. But there are a lot of words in jbovlaste defined in Lojban, mostly by xorxes, who is coining new words for use in definitions of cmavo. phma ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z_CBYA/vB5FAA/AG3JAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/