From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Dec 02 23:20:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 62568 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2005 07:20:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Dec 2005 07:20:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2005 07:20:23 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EiRgo-0003ni-Os for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:20:10 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EiRg6-0003my-HV; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:19:28 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:19:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EiRfm-0003mj-HZ for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:19:06 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EiRfm-0003mc-7v for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:19:06 -0800 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:19:06 -0800 Message-ID: <20051203071906.GO9262@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20051201201215.GT18294@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051201201215.GT18294@chain.digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10823 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: "point"? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=ZVFoPODC3mL-kGn2nEy_yubj54AVCZtg-A_USHZObA27gsfllQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 25217 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:12:15PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > I've noticed a lack in Lojban of a word for "pointing" in the most > general sense. Or, in fact, in many of its more specific sense. I've got in! sinxa! With lots of tu'a. > What I'm looking for is the concept that underlies the following: > > Bob is pointing at Brenda la bab jai sinxa tu'a la brendas Expanding: le nu gau la bab le degji cu te farna la brendas cu sinxa le nu la brendas cu [whatever bob was saying about her] > Page 27 references the book Accelerando {sitna} is better, but still: le re ze moi papri jai sinxa tu'a la'o zoi Accelerando zoi > That stick is pointing at that tree > lojban.org links to Nick's Lojban pages Left as an exercise for the reader. :-) Possibilities for something that doesn't need jai: to'e tcila sinxa == toltilsni srana sinxa == ra'asni -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.