Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Thu, 27 Feb 92 12:36 EST Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA28770; Thu, 27 Feb 92 11:33:26 EST Received: from cunixf.cc.columbia.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA27451; Thu, 27 Feb 92 11:04:35 -0500 Received: from cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu by cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (5.59/FCB) id AA21007; Thu, 27 Feb 92 11:04:32 EST Message-Id: <9202271604.AA21007@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1) with BSMTP id 5130; Thu, 27 Feb 92 11:03:06 EST Received: by CUVMB (Mailer R2.07) id 3684; Thu, 27 Feb 92 11:01:56 EST Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1992 10:31:17 EST Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: selci vs. kantu X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: <9202270949.AB27210@relay1.UU.NET>; from "cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!nsn" at Feb 27, 92 8:42 pm Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Thu Feb 27 12:37:12 1992 X-From-Space-Address: cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN la nitcion. cusku di'e > Sudden flash of understanding: it is {selci}, not {kantu}, which ... > denot[es] a least identifiable distinct part of > something. Thus ... "na'asle" - "breadcrumb". Now I'm not sure what the difference between "selci" and "kantu" is any more. "selci" is defined as "whole basic subunit" and "kantu" as "smallest measurable increment". It is not clear to me that bread is >made of< crumbs, in the sense that crumbs are the basic units of which a loaf is constructed. Instead, I would say that a crumb is the smallest piece of bread -- a "na'akantu". -- cowan@snark.thyrsus.com ...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan e'osai ko sarji la lojban