From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Jan 11 15:46:15 1996 Received: from vms.dc.lsoft.com (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id PAA14080 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:46:12 -0500 Message-Id: <199601112046.PAA14080@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by vms.dc.lsoft.com (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 9E8A5924 ; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:53:16 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 00:12:00 -0700 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 850 la stivn cusku di'e: >I believe should be a three part gismu: > >*chair, x1 is a |/stool/seat/bench, a piece or portion of a piece of >furniture intended for sitting of material X2 for sitter x3 >(person/object/event) /:/ /=/ stizu (tiz) > > X3 place should be for holding/supporting X3 (person/object/event) >instead of referring to legs If you give jubme, stizu, and ckana the same places, there's no point in having 3 words for them. The place structure is what's supposed to define the gismu. If you want to use the place structure of ckana, I would recommend using a tanru like "stizu ckana" or "jubme ckana". ____ Chris Bogart \ / http://www.quetzal.com Boulder, CO \/ cbogart@quetzal.com "I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru."