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Subject: Re: [lojban] dictionary - which words?
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la greg cusku di'e

>Here is my idea of what a dictionary entry of zmadu
>should look like:
>
>{zmadu} ({zma}  {mau})
>more
>x1 exceeds/is more than x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) by amount/excess
>x4
>examples with ka
>examples with ni
>brodymau/brodezma : x1 exceeds x2 in property/quantity broda by amount x3
>examples of lujvo usage
>modal : mau
>examples of modal usage
>!! often the mau modal and it's relatives only modify a sumti, they should
>in be attached with {pe}

I think the "modal" examples should rather be under "mau", but either
way would be fine.

Is the use of the word "modal" instead of "preposition" purely
a Lojban thing? I think the usual (non-Lojban) sense of "modal"
has more to do with what some UIs do. The only Lojban modals
that might be standard modals are {ka'e} and {ca'a}, right?

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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