From jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Sat May 08 23:30:43 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: jimc@math.ucla.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 17477 invoked from network); 9 May 2004 06:30:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m18.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 9 May 2004 06:30:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO harlech.math.ucla.edu) (128.97.4.250) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 May 2004 06:30:43 -0000 Received: from xena.cft.ca.us (wbar2.sea1-4-5-069-072.sea1.dsl-verizon.net [4.5.69.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "James F. Carter", Issuer "UCLA-Mathnet Root Certificate" (verified OK)) by harlech.math.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A8E761F4; Sat, 8 May 2004 23:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by xena.cft.ca.us (Postfix, from userid 228) id C1F9F27E03; Sat, 8 May 2004 23:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xena.cft.ca.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF36620F1; Sat, 8 May 2004 23:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 23:30:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: jimc@xena.cft.ca.us To: Pierre Abbat Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200405071817.28185.phma@webjockey.net> Message-ID: References: <200405071817.28185.phma@webjockey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 128.97.4.250 From: Jim Carter Subject: Re: [lojban] nuts X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=810565 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22185 On Fri, 7 May 2004, Pierre Abbat wrote: > {narge} means "nut" in the sense "hard-shelled fruit". What is the word for > "nut" in the sense "piece of hardware that a bolt screws into"? fetsi klupe (fetyklupe?) = female screw. This male/female metaphor is standard, at least in electrical engineering. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Email: jimc@math.ucla.edu http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc (q.v. for PGP key)