Return-path: Envelope-to: jbovlaste-admin@lojban.org Delivery-date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:31:15 -0700 Received: from [192.168.123.254] (port=35024 helo=jiten.lojban.org) by 984e910ebd8f with smtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1uftyb-0002eO-0W for jbovlaste-admin@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:31:15 -0700 Received: by jiten.lojban.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:31:13 +0000 From: "Apache" To: la.xabju@gmail.com Reply-To: webmaster@lojban.org Subject: [jvsw] Definition Edited At Word pudlu'avalsi'ipo'ato -- By Xabju Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:31:13 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Message-Id: X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.0 X-Spam_score_int: -9 X-Spam_bar: - In jbovlaste, the user Xabju has edited a definition of "pudlu'avalsi'ipo'ato" in the language "English". Differences: 5,5c5,5 < This is a morphologically well-formed word which parses one way right up until the end, at which point it parses another way. The listener or reader of the word realizes after hearing/seeing it that they have been "led down a garden path" (an English idiom meaning something like "to be bamboozled"). There is a corresponding term in linguistics: a "garden-path sentence." {Lojban} is unusual in having the ability to form garden-path *words* as well as sentences. This word itself is an example. It parses as a {lujvo} (compound) of {purdi} 'garden' + {pluta} 'path' + {valsi} 'word' + {sicni} 'coin' + {spoja} 'explosion' up until about the last syllable. At that point, it ceases to parse as a {lujvo} and its meaning becomes totally unclear. --- > This is a morphologically well-formed word which parses one way right up until the end, at which point it parses another way. The listener or reader of the word realizes after hearing/seeing it that they have been "led down a garden path" (an English idiom meaning something like "to be bamboozled"). There is a corresponding term in linguistics: a "garden-path sentence." {Lojban} is unusual in having the ability to form garden-path *words* as well as sentences. This word itself is an example. It parses as a {lujvo} (compound) of {purdi} 'garden' + {pluta} 'path' + {valsi} 'word' + {sicni} 'coin' + {spoja} 'explosion' up until about the last syllable. At that point, it ceases to parse as a {lujvo} and it becomes a {fu'ivla} with a meaning that is totally unclear. See also {pudlu'avalsipatlu}. 11,11d10 < Word: garden-path word, In Sense: \n12a12,12 \n> Word: garden-path word, In Sense: Old Data: Definition: $x_1$ is a garden-path word meaning/causing $x_2$ in language $x_3$. Notes: This is a morphologically well-formed word which parses one way right up until the end, at which point it parses another way. The listener or reader of the word realizes after hearing/seeing it that they have been "led down a garden path" (an English idiom meaning something like "to be bamboozled"). There is a corresponding term in linguistics: a "garden-path sentence." {Lojban} is unusual in having the ability to form garden-path *words* as well as sentences. This word itself is an example. It parses as a {lujvo} (compound) of {purdi} 'garden' + {pluta} 'path' + {valsi} 'word' + {sicni} 'coin' + {spoja} 'explosion' up until about the last syllable. At that point, it ceases to parse as a {lujvo} and its meaning becomes totally unclear. Jargon: jboske Gloss Keywords: Word: garden-path word, In Sense: Word: garden path word, In Sense: Place Keywords: Word: garden-path word, In Sense: , For Place: 1 Word: meaning, In Sense: , For Place: 2 Word: language, In Sense: , For Place: 3 New Data: Definition: $x_1$ is a garden-path word meaning/causing $x_2$ in language $x_3$. Notes: This is a morphologically well-formed word which parses one way right up until the end, at which point it parses another way. The listener or reader of the word realizes after hearing/seeing it that they have been "led down a garden path" (an English idiom meaning something like "to be bamboozled"). There is a corresponding term in linguistics: a "garden-path sentence." {Lojban} is unusual in having the ability to form garden-path *words* as well as sentences. This word itself is an example. It parses as a {lujvo} (compound) of {purdi} 'garden' + {pluta} 'path' + {valsi} 'word' + {sicni} 'coin' + {spoja} 'explosion' up until about the last syllable. At that point, it ceases to parse as a {lujvo} and it becomes a {fu'ivla} with a meaning that is totally unclear. See also {pudlu'avalsipatlu}. Jargon: jboske Gloss Keywords: Word: garden path word, In Sense: Word: garden-path word, In Sense: Place Keywords: Word: garden-path word, In Sense: , For Place: 1 Word: meaning, In Sense: , For Place: 2 Word: language, In Sense: , For Place: 3 You can go to to see it.