From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri May 27 03:44:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 92013 invoked from network); 27 May 2005 10:44:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 May 2005 10:44:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 May 2005 10:44:52 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DbcJO-0007eq-KJ for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 27 May 2005 03:43:30 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1DbcIR-0007e9-KE; Fri, 27 May 2005 03:42:40 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 27 May 2005 03:42:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DbcHs-0007dV-IG for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 27 May 2005 03:41:56 -0700 Received: from phma.hn.org ([216.189.113.165] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1DbcHk-0007dK-4J for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 27 May 2005 03:41:56 -0700 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4ACAA6825; Fri, 27 May 2005 10:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mehendicancy Squad Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 06:21:24 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200505270659.j4R6xxE28182@xahlee.org> <20050527072248.GG21667@chain.digitalkingdom.org> In-Reply-To: <20050527072248.GG21667@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200505270621.25497.phma@phma.hn.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 10060 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.hn.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Pierre Abbat From: Pierre Abbat Reply-To: phma@phma.hn.org Subject: [lojban] Re: how to say galaxy? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=TW4SaR_CEqcg78DkBVm_1y_pccGiZKh06WUf2jUVP6fmKIFaRA X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24431 On Friday 27 May 2005 03:22, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > is it staci bakfu? staci girzu? > > "staci" is not a Lojban word. Try "tarci". > > Either of those seem fine, although I'd probably use "ciste" or > "sarlu", myself, depending on the properties I want to emphasize. I'd use {targri} for "constellation", and not all galaxies are spirals. I think a fu'ivla is in order. {ladlu'a} makes as much sense as {gerbajlivlu'a}. (xelfanva zoi ty gili ulisvsdanvyi ty zo'e lo tsalagi) phma -- li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa