From LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:52:10 2010 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sun, 25 Apr 1993 17:13:44 -0400 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9774; Sun, 25 Apr 93 17:13:20 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 1179; Sun, 25 Apr 93 17:14:08 EST Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 09:12:50 GMT+1200 Reply-To: Chris Handley Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Handley Organization: University of Otago Subject: Re: le'avla (was: Navaho) X-To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Erik Rauch X-From-Space-Date: Mon Apr 26 09:12:50 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Message-ID: > I vaguely suspect that there is a better metaphor than fukpi-valsi, but >maybe not one with only two terms. Something that reflects >'Lojbanization', maybe or perhaps combining two ideas: cmene-brivla (which >really is the concept behind borrowing). What about something incorporating the concept of 'import'? Possibly not in terms of the usual trade type imports, but exotic plants are often referred to as 'imports'. Further, languages such as Ada and Modula-n use the term, in very much the way in which we are discussing. ====================================================================== Chris Handley chandley@otago.ac.nz Dept of Computer Science Ph (+64) 3-479-8499 University of Otago Fax (+64) 3-479-8577 Dunedin, NZ ______________________________________________________________________ The light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off to conserve power.