Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs2.digex.net with SMTP id AA14153 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Sat, 22 Oct 1994 03:44:22 -0400 Message-Id: <199410220744.AA14153@nfs2.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1742; Sat, 22 Oct 94 03:45:36 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3737; Sat, 22 Oct 1994 03:45:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 20:29:36 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Need a gismu or lujvo... X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Sat Oct 22 03:44:25 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu I need a gismu that means something "functions". How would you say "This perpetual motion machine doesn't really work"? "spofu" comes to mind, but a PMM isn't really broken as such -- it's something that couldn't have worked in the first place. "le cinmymuvmi'i cu na gasnu le ri se minji" is the best I can think of... is there a single word that will work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Bogart cbogart@quetzal.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~