From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Thu Apr 18 21:52:44 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA11507 ; Thu, 18 Apr 96 21:52:36 BST Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 829797161:15920:1; Thu, 18 Apr 96 04:12:41 BST Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa15473; 18 Apr 96 4:11 +0100 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 2089; Wed, 17 Apr 96 23:10:11 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 3976; Wed, 17 Apr 96 23:09:47 EDT Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:10:34 -0700 Reply-To: Seth Golub Sender: Lojban list From: Seth Golub Subject: Re: triangle? X-To: Lojban List To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN In-Reply-To: <9604180202.AA27664@cs.wustl.edu> Message-ID: <829797090.15473.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R I know it's poor etiquette to answer my own questions, but I figure it's better than letting someone else bother. I found Nick's handy lujvo list. Seth> How would one say "triangle"? "cibjgatai" Seth> Actually, I need a word for "triangular tile". How about "cibjgatapla"? It really has more than three angles, but we all get the idea, right? Seth> What I'm actually trying to describe is a geodesic dome. I came Seth> up with "xabdabolbag" for dome. Unsuprisingly complicated for a first attempt. :) "boldi'u" is in the list, but I like "boldru" better when reffering to just a domed ceiling. For my geodesic dome though, "boldi'u" is probably best. Thus, I now have "le gunma bei cmaboldi'u cikortapla be'o" for "a small geodesic dome". It's a bit wordy, but it's describing quite a bit and doesn't have the advantage of a precoined term.