From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Aug 12 15:32:46 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 95094 invoked from network); 12 Aug 2004 22:32:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Aug 2004 22:32:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Aug 2004 22:32:46 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BvO7o-0004t9-0A for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:32:44 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BvO79-0004rG-Il; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:32:03 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BvO6w-0004qw-HA for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:50 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:31:50 -0700 Message-ID: <20040812223150.GM30673@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <149.307305fd.2e4d48f7@wmconnect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <149.307305fd.2e4d48f7@wmconnect.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i X-archive-position: 8434 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: only one lujvo per concept? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22854 On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:28:07PM -0400, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 2004-08-12 5:21:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > > I don't know whether a lujvo for "software" is better if based on > > the function of software. In that particular case it might be. But I > > don't think we can say that in general things are better described > > by their use-function than by other attributes. > > It sounds to me like there might be a whole range of lujvo for > "software" (or any other general concept) based on different aspects > of that concept: use/function/origin/purpose/composition/etc. Yep. Most of use use samru'e or samselpla, depending on whether it's running or not basically. mutmi'i is also used, but I don't like it very much (too broad; applies to algorithms as well as code). -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"