From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Dec 28 23:32:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 16026 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2005 07:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 29 Dec 2005 07:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Dec 2005 07:32:47 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ErsHC-00080p-EB for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:32:42 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ErsGo-00080M-3A; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:32:20 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:32:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ErsGN-0007zl-A4 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:31:51 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ErsGN-0007ze-1I for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:31:51 -0800 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:31:51 -0800 Message-ID: <20051229073151.GX5289@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050326194416.60028.qmail@web60502.mail.yahoo.com> <537d06d005032705071496f143@mail.gmail.com> <20050327180029.GW10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <4246F819.6080209@lojban.org> <20050327200806.GX10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <925d175605032715014e381357@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <925d175605032715014e381357@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-archive-position: 10960 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: -3.5 (---) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=mh81SizmO_13BAV1FAQSNBia7B8LuUktE5QI_jmFtsj_Fn_QxA X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 25357 On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 08:01:24PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:08:06 -0800, Robin Lee Powell > wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:14:49PM -0500, Robert LeChevalier > > wrote: > > > I am led again to think that we may need a gismu for the > > > "exclusive" sense of "only" that might apply here. But far be > > > it from me to propose new gismu %^) > > > > I think it's quite a nice idea, actually. > > Isn't that what {selte'i} means? "x1 is/are the only one(s) with > property x2 among x3". Yes, I believe you are correct. Which leads me to my rant that we have no good words that I've found for "specific" or "detailed" as in "I need you to be more specific in your description of the man you saw". -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/ To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.