From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Jun 03 18:24:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 6640 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2005 01:24:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m23.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Jun 2005 01:24:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jun 2005 01:24:44 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DeNP1-0001cm-BX for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:24:43 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1DeNON-0001bl-8z; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:24:11 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:23:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DeNO8-0001bV-C7 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:23:48 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DeNO8-0001bO-3Z for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:23:48 -0700 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:23:48 -0700 Message-ID: <20050604012348.GQ30604@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <1gxfzw1.1vq6qi71spv8amM%kpreid@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1gxfzw1.1vq6qi71spv8amM%kpreid@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10099 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] A word "number of". It shouldn't be that hard. Yeesh. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=pnTNChddHO36NdwSuMun6KR3AIcqBYKpGJsnWy6OTpN8__ZXjw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24469 On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:30:55PM -0400, Kevin Reid wrote: > I mentioned this on #lojban IRC and rlpowell asked me to ask this list. Bump. English subject. > What's the appropriate selbri for "x1 is the number of > members/cardinality of set x2"? > > {mei} is obvious, but does not have an ordinary place for the > number, so can't be used directly for a sumti referring to the > number. > > So far, I see: > > lo se zilkancu be sy. > > lo se klani be sy. -- what's the x3? > > da poi de vei mo'e ke'a ve'o mei sy. ku'o I have no idea. I'm just hoping someone else will notice. -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/