From lojban-out@lojban.org Sun May 09 17:50:08 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 9348 invoked from network); 10 May 2004 00:50:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 May 2004 00:50:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 May 2004 00:50:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.31) id 1BMyze-0007uZ-LA for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 09 May 2004 17:50:06 -0700 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BMyz8-0007th-Iq; Sun, 09 May 2004 17:49:34 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 09 May 2004 17:49:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ca-fontana5d-137.snbrca.adelphia.net ([68.233.229.137] helo=localhost) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.31) id 1BMyyy-0007tY-54 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 17:49:24 -0700 Received: from treed by localhost with local (Exim 4.33) id 1BMyy2-0004NN-2V for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 17:48:26 -0700 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 17:48:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20040510004825.GC5095@surreality.us> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-archive-position: 7731 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: treed@surreality.us X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Theodore Reed From: Theodore Reed Reply-To: treed@surreality.us Subject: [lojban] Re: my new idea for onomato's X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22194 On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 11:22:27PM -0000, la_okus wrote: > Define sa'ei as "everything following this cmavo is an onomatopoeia > until it repeats". This allows you to make the word without regard > to cmene rules. And onomatopoeias are usually found in repeated > pairs anyway (especially japanese ones: gero-gero, ira-ira, gocha- > gocha). Why not just use zoi? I'm not sure onomatopoeia have usefulness beyond describing the sound of something. mu'omi'e bancus