Return-Path: Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rUliK-00007SC; Thu, 19 Jan 95 03:31 EET Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id DAA19756 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 03:31:03 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (MAILER@SEARN) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-13 #2494) id <01HM0H5PTWTC000U8L@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 01:30:26 +0200 (EET) Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4283; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 02:27:37 +0100 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:41:40 -0700 From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: blanu blari'o Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: Chris Bogart Message-id: <01HM0H5QY5DI000U8L@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 860 Lines: 20 >I found a discrepancy between this two texts. >In the first is listed the gismu {blanu} (blue) (Also I found it in the >official gismu list), but in the second text, other gismu is given for >the same idea {blari'o}. I don't have the second text handy, but "blanu" means blue, "crino" means green, and "blari'o" is a compound of the two, meaning "blue-green". If the other text says it means blue it's mistaken. >I understand that in lojban there is only ONE gismu for one idea. It seems like there is some overlap between gismu. I don't think that's true of colors particularly, but some of the words for more abstract things, like jalge, rinka, etc. sometimes overlap in my opinion. >Is {blari'o} a non-official gismu?. {blari'o} is not a gismu but a "lujvo", i.e. a compound word, made up of "bla", short for "blanu", and "ri'o", short for "crino".