Message-Id: <199502041557.AA02040@nfs1.digex.net> From: bob@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU Date: Sat Feb 4 10:57:29 1995 Subject: Re: jorne X-From-Space-Date: Sat Feb 4 10:57:29 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Iain Alexander asked whether a fastener, {terjoe} can be more than a small area, {ve'i}. Based on Lojbab's recent huge and wonderful dictionary, the answer is yes. Here is the entry (automatically formatted for 80 columns): * common (common locus, juncture), x3 of: x1 is joined to/connects to/is united with x2 at common locus x3; x1 and x2 are a union /:/ [also joined/fastened/attached by joint x3/by means of x3/with fastener x3; fastener (= jo'etci, jonvelyla'a); train, sequence of joined objects (= jonpoi; porjo'e for a single object joined into a sequence)] /=/ jorne (jon jo'e) The entry does not say anything about the size of the common locus or juncture, so there is no reason to suppose it must be small with respect to the items joined.