From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Thu Aug 12 15:31:58 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BvO6w-0004qw-HA for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:50 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:50 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: only one lujvo per concept? Message-ID: <20040812223150.GM30673@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <149.307305fd.2e4d48f7@wmconnect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <149.307305fd.2e4d48f7@wmconnect.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 8434 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:28:07PM -0400, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 2004-08-12 5:21:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > > I don't know whether a lujvo for "software" is better if based on > > the function of software. In that particular case it might be. But I > > don't think we can say that in general things are better described > > by their use-function than by other attributes. > > It sounds to me like there might be a whole range of lujvo for > "software" (or any other general concept) based on different aspects > of that concept: use/function/origin/purpose/composition/etc. Yep. Most of use use samru'e or samselpla, depending on whether it's running or not basically. mutmi'i is also used, but I don't like it very much (too broad; applies to algorithms as well as code). -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"