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Subject: [lojban] Re: use of {co'e} and other cmavo in lujvo
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 06:15:29PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Pierre Abbat scripsit:
> 
> > equivalent of denominal verbs, e.g. {ko remco'e le tcana} "man the
> > station",
> 
> The historical (and still current, perhaps) Loglan lujvo was the
> equivalent of "nanmu gasnu", much derided by Lojban Central as sexist
> (easily fixed) and ill thought out (not so easily fixed).  I think we
> need to understand the semantics of this English verb "man" and find a
> true equivalent, rather than blindly calquing it.

sazri.  li'a sai.

-Robin

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