X-Digest-Num: 271 Message-ID: <44114.271.1499.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:07:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michal Wallace (sabren)" Subject: trees? X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 1499 Content-Length: 1167 Lines: 46 .ui coi rodo xod's idea about the computer-specific list of words got me thinking... I have on my bookshelf one of the coolest books ever created: Stephen Glazier's "Word Menu". It's like a dictionary, but grouped by subject, much like yahoo is for websites. (see http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.cgi?isbn=0345414411 ) Anyway, I want to start reindexing the lojban dictionary this way. I don't know what to call it though! some gismu look promising: liste (list) girzu (group) jutsi (species/relationship between two layers of hierarchy) lanzu (family/clan) so: valjut ? valsi liste ? valsi lanzu ? I also thought about tricu, which is a "tree".. but after reading the comment in the grammar about "social buterflies" always being actual insects in lojban, I'd guess a {valsi tricu} would be a one of those trees that someone carved their name in... Any thoughts? Cheers, - Michal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.manifestation.com/ http://www.linkwatcher.com/metalog/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------