From ragnarok@pobox.com Thu Sep 25 13:55:37 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 38829 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2003 20:55:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m19.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Sep 2003 20:55:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Sep 2003 20:55:35 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 1A2d9C-00055Z-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:55:34 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1A2d8u-00055C-00; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:55:16 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.intrex.net ([209.42.192.250]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1A2d8W-00054i-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:54:52 -0700 Received: from craig [209.42.212.114] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.13) id A616C4B00036; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:54:46 -0400 To: Subject: [lojban] Re: volcano Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:54:17 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <200309242231.20699.phma@webjockey.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.212.114] X-archive-position: 6289 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ragnarok@pobox.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: "Craig" Reply-To: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 20771 >What do you think is a good word for "volcano"? >volkano >fagma'a >rumyma'a >any others? I vote "fagma'a". The "nonwestern calque" used in creating the lujvo "sezga'o" for autism can be applied to this: huo3 shan1 (Fire Mountain) is the Mandarin word. But primarily, I think "fagma'a" is the most transparent of the options. -- .kreig.daniyl. "btw, did I mention i'm a sentient AI?" -carbon ragnarok@pobox.com teucer@bnomic.org