From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Nov 03 07:52:26 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:52:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EXhNx-0001cL-H6 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:52:17 -0800 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.205]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EXhNw-0001cD-C5 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:52:17 -0800 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id h29so550162wxd for ; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:52:15 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=JAGXfimlT+Taf6/d03Bbv+syFKLYo702RJ/bGYwRG7MA3sFhVVIAzdvShb3oeMDAoUaKEB/EIOv8xrMomyGe5lvqTlKK/aZxiPLIGhS+/DaHiz6wjt0hmDbT5TOS6hbuL2Rxn1YNhcJ0gxBkki3AEx+xhTn44fR11nuDsUUBRlI= Received: by 10.70.115.2 with SMTP id n2mr802643wxc; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:52:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.117.10 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:52:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <12d58c160511030752x5c095208w24fd897d776ea0c4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:52:14 -0500 From: Adam COOPER To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: naming diseases In-Reply-To: <200511022340.17120.phma@phma.hn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_16058_17832097.1131033134969" References: <200511022340.17120.phma@phma.hn.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-archive-position: 10753 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: adamgarrigus@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------=_Part_16058_17832097.1131033134969 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 11/2/05, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > How should diseases be called in Lojban? I've thought of a few, but they > don't > follow a pattern, and I don't know if anyone else has come up with one. > > skorbuti - x1 has scurvy with symptoms x2 > fang.niukasl - Exotic Newcastle disease > nakri'a narganse terbilmo'a - androgen insensitivity syndrome > There might be another terbilmo'a which I forget. > > Also, some diseases such as cold, flu, and heartburn are named for > obsolete or > ill-fitting metaphors. Does anyone have better names for them? I once tried to get away with { du'erpincykai terbi'a } for diabetes. -- In appropriate cases one could use fu'ivla with {vidru} or {jurme} : {vidrnbebola}. -- Some diseases are better named for their symptoms, like cirrhosis, which has many causes: { nu lo livga selci binxo lo jorne selci = } ?! -- I suppose they'll be coined & glossed as needed, & derivation pattern= s will develop... -- mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan ------=_Part_16058_17832097.1131033134969 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 11/2/05, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:
How should diseases be called in Lojban? I've thought of a few, but they do= n't
follow a pattern, and I don't know if anyone else has come up with o= ne.

skorbuti - x1 has scurvy with symptoms x2
fang.niukasl - Exot= ic Newcastle disease
nakri'a narganse terbilmo'a - androgen insensitivity syndrome
There = might be another terbilmo'a which I forget.

Also, some diseases such= as cold, flu, and heartburn are named for obsolete or
ill-fitting metap= hors. Does anyone have better names for them?

I once tried to get away with { du'erpincykai terbi'a } for diabetes. -- In appropriate cases one could use fu'ivla with {vidru} or {jurme} : {vidrnbebola}. -- Some diseases are better named for their symptoms, like cirrhosis, which has many causes: { nu lo livga selci binxo lo jorne selci } ?! -- I suppose they'll be coined & glossed as needed, & derivation patterns will develop... -- mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan


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