Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:48:45 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:48:36 -0400 Message-Id: <199310182148.AA00540@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3906; Mon, 18 Oct 93 17:46:38 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 5454; Mon, 18 Oct 93 17:49:23 EDT Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:47:12 EDT Reply-To: Jorge LLambias Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge LLambias Subject: Re: TECH: deagentive place structures X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Mon Oct 18 13:47:12 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET la and cusku di'e > Since "tunlo fe ziho", or "ziltunlo" is shorter, and easily > guessable, it is a good example of the use of ziho. Yes, why not. You can even shorten it to "ziltu'o". I think there's no problem in zi'oing two-place gismu, because it is clear which place is being anihilated, without any need for subscripts. Jorge