From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Oct 16 10:28:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 2743 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2006 17:26:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.34) by m31.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 Oct 2006 17:26:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Oct 2006 17:26:01 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZWDt-0005K3-Ed for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:25:57 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZWCP-0005Iy-9W; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:24:27 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZWBv-0005Il-VK for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:56 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GZWBt-0005Ie-1V for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:55 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so2684143nfa for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.105.13 with SMTP id d13mr1145333buc; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.160.13 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:23:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12d58c160610161023t490a2cfeq6ed6b7b894a5c05c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:23:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_30409_31257564.1161019431132" References: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4ba28c3093d2e6e3 X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-archive-position: 12725 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: komfoamonan@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "komfo,amonan" From: "komfo,amonan" Reply-To: komfoamonan@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: Medieval X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=VSqhqY3nQBDg46hbsj7w6bLyBgaou_z_k1dRNpw1-5jAioN7UQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27162 ------=_Part_30409_31257564.1161019431132 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/16/06, Yanis Batura wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Abbat > To: lojban-list@lojban.org > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:12:32 -0400 > Subject: [lojban] Re: Medieval > > > > > On Sunday 15 October 2006 21:40, Yanis Batura wrote: > > > What are your suggestions for saying "medieval" in Lojban? > > > > The literal translation is {mijycedra}, but there are a lot more eras > before > > the middle one than after it, so there has to be a better word. > > > > Checking the Wikipedia article, it looks like it's a European period, so > > {ronmijycedra} might work. > > Hmmm... I needed that word for talking about ninjas and samurais... :) According to Wikipedia's History of Japan article there is a period called the "Japanese Middle Ages". So perhaps {ponmijycedra}. ------=_Part_30409_31257564.1161019431132 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/16/06, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
To: lojban-list@lojban.org
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:12:32 -0400
Subject: [lojban] Re: Medieval

>
> On Sunday 15 October 2006 21:40, Yanis Batura wrote:
> > What are your suggestions for saying "medieval" in Lojban?
>
> The literal translation is {mijycedra}, but there are a lot more eras before
> the middle one than after it, so there has to be a better word.
>
> Checking the Wikipedia article, it looks like it's a European period, so
> {ronmijycedra} might work.

Hmmm... I needed that word for talking about ninjas and samurais... :)

According to Wikipedia's History of Japan article there is a period called the "Japanese Middle Ages". So perhaps {ponmijycedra}.


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