From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Fri May 14 05:22:45 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 95596 invoked from network); 14 May 2004 12:22:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 May 2004 12:22:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web41904.mail.yahoo.com) (66.218.93.155) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 May 2004 12:22:44 -0000 Message-ID: <20040514122235.41814.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41904.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 14 May 2004 05:22:35 PDT Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 05:22:35 -0700 (PDT) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <20040514033651.GB18460@ccil.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.93.155 From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=142311107 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22299 --- John Cowan wrote: > Jorge Llamb?as scripsit: > > > {zukte} only covers volitional actions, mostly things done by > > people, but not a rock falling for example. > > I think it would be bizarre to call the event of a rock falling an > "action" in English. I'd even be reluctant to call a reflex reaction > an "action", though that's a narrower case. Googling for "the action of the kidneys" I got 229 hits, with things like: "The action of the kidneys is vital and so kidney failure is serious." Googling for "the action of a rock falling" I got only one: "The action of a rock falling to the earth is a process that is entirely dependent upon the nature of the rock - a thing affected by gravity." Bizarre? I assume neither of those is a se zukte nor a se gasnu. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/