Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qyb7l-00006hC; Sat, 22 Oct 94 09:44 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0503; Sat, 22 Oct 94 09:44:33 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 0500; Sat, 22 Oct 1994 09:44:32 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6655; Sat, 22 Oct 1994 08:41:31 +0100 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: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 542 Lines: 12 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~