From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jan 12 11:15:39 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Conxr-0007Hz-HE for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:15:31 -0800 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:15:31 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: English to Lojban dictionary Message-ID: <20050112191531.GB22838@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 9243 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 Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 01:31:18PM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > I found this [barsoom.hezekiah.glossary] definition of "vrude" > (which I found in one of Robin's now-online stories): > > vrude virtue x1is virtuous | saintly [morally good] by standard x2; > (cf. palci, xamgu, marde, zabna) > > The keyword is "virtue", but that's obviously a bit off. Is > "virtue" then translatable as "ka vrude"? Yes. I've added "virtuous" as a key word, and a note about ka vrude. > Is there an English-Lojban dictionary that defines words that are > derivatives of basic Lojban words rather than just the base words > themselves? Not really. > I've seen lujvo lists and non-initial place structure keyword > lists, but I have in mind now lists with other cmavo, such as > "ka". The way to do this would be to make a lujvo, i.e. kamvu'e -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/