From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Wed Apr 1 14:33:09 1992 Return-Path: Date: Wed Apr 1 14:33:09 1992 Message-Id: <9204011703.AA02860@relay1.UU.NET> Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!MATH.UCLA.EDU!jimc Sender: Lojban list From: cbmvax!uunet!MATH.UCLA.EDU!jimc Subject: Re: "I am the centre of the universe" X-To: lojban@cuvmb.columbia.edu To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Apr 92 11:39:21 +1000." <9204010142.AA23394@julia.math.ucla.edu> Status: RO > From: nsn@MULLIAN.EE.MU.OZ.AU > Subject: "I am the centre of the universe" > How do I say the above phrase in Lojban? It's not {midju}, that's too literal > It's not just {manri}, and {vajrai} is not quite it either. Anyone got any go > tanru to offer? In an analogous "center" phrase, "nuclear reactor", I have used narge-nag-nut/kernel, following German practice. The "kernel" of something is its central part, usually the part you are most interested in [eating]. However, this usage doesn't match well with the definition "nut of plant..." where you get a more fruit-like feeling. The kernel is the central part not of the plant but of the fruit, as for an almond which on the tree looks a lot like a peach. -- jimc