Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tN5Lc-0000ZUC; Tue, 5 Dec 95 23:56 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 5D12D254 ; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 22:56:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:03:32 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: RET: adjectives from names X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199512051556.KAA06623@locke.ccil.org> from "Paulo Barreto" at Dec 5, 95 10:01:00 am Content-Length: 497 Lines: 13 la paulos. cusku di'e > Which Lojban construct renders the meaning of "Brownian movement", > "Boolean algebra" and similar adjectives derived from names? Traditionally simply "me la braun. nunmuvdu" and "me la bul. cmacrxaldjabri" (restoring a facsimile of the Arabic version there). Even with the new, more stringent definition of "me", these work because of the looseness of tanru. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.