From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Wed Mar 13 23:33:22 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA10827 ; Wed, 13 Mar 96 23:33:13 GMT Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 826732842:23619:1; Wed, 13 Mar 96 16:00:42 GMT Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa22918; 13 Mar 96 15:59 GMT Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 6526; Wed, 13 Mar 96 10:58:49 EST Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4781; Wed, 13 Mar 96 10:59:16 EDT Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:47:09 +0200 Reply-To: Veijo Vilva Sender: Lojban list From: Veijo Vilva Subject: Re: TECH: magnitudes X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <826732793.22918.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R mi pu cusku di'e >> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 15:10:14 -0500 >> From: John Cowan >> Subject: TECH: magnitude >> >> I have been kicking around the idea of a new cmavo of selma'o KI, >> "ki'i'i" temporarily. A sumti tcita involving this will be a specific >> magnitude, thus: >> >> 1) mi dansu le bisli ve'a ki'i'i lo mitre be li pa >> I dance on the ice over-interval one-meter. > > I'd prefer a separate selma'o NEhE which would allow a slightly more > concise expression: > > mi dansu le bisli ve'a ne'e mitre li pa > > This would require a one-line addition to 'modifier_84': > > | mod_head_490 NEhE_nnn selbri_130 tail_terms_71 Both of the above schemes have the shortcoming that a reference point cannot be expressed. The following modification makes this possible: | mod_head_490 NEhE_nnn selbri_130 tail_terms_71 gap_450 | mod_head_490 NEhE_nnn selbri_130 tail_terms_71 TEhI_mmm sumti_90 {ne'e} and {te'i} would fit the already assigned cmavo quite well as {ne'a} = 'next to', {ne'i} = 'within' and {te'e} = 'bordering' co'o mi'e veion --------------------------------- .i mi du la'o sy. Veijo Vilva sy. ---------------------------------