From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Oct 13 12:43:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 91365 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2006 19:39:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m32.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Oct 2006 19:39:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Oct 2006 19:39:22 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GYSqZ-0001Ar-2i for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:37:41 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GYSp6-00019b-NC; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:36:03 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GYSoI-00018l-Md for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:35:13 -0700 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.183]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GYSnu-00018H-Sf for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:34:59 -0700 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id w49so542811pyg for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.123.10 with SMTP id a10mr6342944pyn; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.22.14 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:34:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <925d17560610131234v51af0cb1p7cd6d68a9c1b2511@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:34:10 -0300 In-Reply-To: <200610131230.01748.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200610131230.01748.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 12700 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" Reply-To: jjllambias@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: round numbers X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=6-Ay6VZktmsgyLyouEJtRe9TY6M0TCPse2E33HXevYTEVT2zSw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27137 On 10/13/06, Pierre Abbat wrote: > There are two related meanings of "round numbers", neither of which has > anything to do with round wheels: > 1. Replace numbers with the closest multiples of some number. > 2. Numbers whose prime factors are all small. > How do you say this in Lojban? It seems to me that {cukla namcu} is the best choice. Even though these numbers are not round in the same way that wheels are round, "round" is not just accidental homonymy here. (I suppose the metaphor is something like the numbers are filled out or their edges softened so that they become simpler.) What are round numbers called in Chinese, or in Swahili, or in Quechua, for example? If they all use the same word they use for wheels, then it would seem Lojban should do that too. If not, then there might be an argument for having a specialized term in Lojban. mu'o mi'e xorxes 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.