Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 2 Sep 1993 14:14:36 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Thu, 2 Sep 1993 14:14:29 -0400 Message-Id: <199309021814.AA22341@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4530; Thu, 02 Sep 93 14:12:53 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 7571; Thu, 02 Sep 93 14:12:35 EDT Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 19:06:33 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Sender: Lojban list From: Mr Andrew Rosta Subject: Re: possible sumti-raising place structures of the sisku variety X-To: lojban@cuvma.BITNET To: Erik Rauch In-Reply-To: (Your message of Tue, 31 Aug 93 14:08:28 D.) <9309020940.AA58263@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk> Status: O X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Thu Sep 2 20:06:33 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET John says: > > ckana bed x1 is a bed/pallet of material x2 for holding/supporting x3 > > (person/object/event) an 111 (cf. kamju, kicne, nilce, palta, cpana, > > vreta, jubme, stizu, matci, zbepi) > > I don't understand "event" here. How can an event be supported by a bed? I imagine the idea is that a bed can be the locus for such events as dying or hankypanky. In the 1970s the 2nd edition of the American Heritage Dictionary scandalized the delicate sensibilities of the American populace by defining _bed_ as "a place for lovemaking". I believe the dictionary had to be withdrawn from a number of school libraries. ------------- And