Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:35:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199704011535.KAA26855@mail2.access.digex.net> Reply-To: mark.vines@wholefoods.com Sender: Lojban list From: Mark Vines Subject: Re: RET: proposing a lujvo X-To: LOJBAN@CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU To: Logical Language Group X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1561 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Apr 1 10:35:03 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU la xorxes. spuda mi di'e > > Fact is, I have trouble remembering the rules for > > hyphens. Does {clamauri'a} work as a lujvo for > > "lengthen"? Or must I insert an /n/, yielding > > {clamaunri'a}? > > No, in theory stress is enough to keep the lujvo > together. (You can't stress "cla".) > > But on the semantic side, I would prefer {clazenri'a}, > or {clazengau} for "lengthen". {zmadu} is usually for > comparing two different things, rather than one thing > with itself at different times. I think I was reaching for {clazengau} or even {temzengau} for "prolong". Or maybe just {zengau}, since {temci} is specified as part of a different lujvo in this text, which I now rephrase thusly: .i zo solsetyvi'u cu lujvo lesi'o vimcu le barsenta cidro le solri .i.a'o lenuzo'e solsetyvi'u nu'o zengau le solri selxaktei > (Are you causing it to become longer than it was > before or longer than it will be later?) Hmm. The "it" in this case is a length of time - a sun's "useful life", a concept I've tried to convey with {selxaktei}. A typical sun whose outer layers of hydrogen have been stripped off should be able to support life on its attendant planet(s) longer than a typical sun whose outer layers of hydrogen have not been stripped off. The more massive the sun, the shorter its span of usefulness. Removing the outer layers of hydrogen would reduce the sun's mass & should prolong its "useful life". Obviously I'm not yet ready to say all of this in Lojban, but I'm working on it. Thanks for your help. > co'o mi'e xorxes co'omi'e markl.