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From: Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: [lojban] Re: dot was volcano
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la pier cusku di'e

> For "this is a dot" I say {ti me me'o denpa bu}. 

Right. I always forget about {me'o}.

> There is also a word 
> {depybu'i}, but whether that means the same as {me me'o denpa bu} I don't 
> know.

If the dot is considered to be a member of the lojban alphabet, then
{deple'u} is more precise. A someting-le'u is a something-bu'i that
forms part of an alphabet and represents something. The intermediate 
step would be a something-sni, which represents but need not form
part of an alphabet. So:

lo depybu'i:  The symbol ".".
lo depsni: The symbol "." representing a pause.
lo deple'u: The symbol "." representing a pause as a member of 
            the Lojban alphabet.

(Then there is the question of whether it really represents a pause
or actually a glottal stop.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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