Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 03 Feb 2003 10:21:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18flDO-0004cO-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 10:21:06 -0800 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:21:06 -0800 To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: terkunra Message-ID: <20030203182106.GF13520@digitalkingdom.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 54 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 1623 On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:06:03AM +0100, Newton, Philip wrote: > Can {terkunra} be used for locations producing things other than metal > ore? Seems that way. > For example, can a marble quarry be a {rokcrmarmara terkunra} as well as a > {rokcrmarmara teryrokci}? Works for me. > [{teryrokci} sounds to me as if it's more the geographical area where > the rock comes from rather than the actual quarry.] Can a soap mine > (from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I believe) be a {zbabu > terkunra} as well as a {selzbabu}? Ignoring cridrunikorna issues, sure. > Is a salt mine a {silna terkunra} as well as a {selsilna}? Sure. > Is an oil well a {ctile terkunra} as well as a {selctile}? [Similar > questions for all these as for {teryrokci} -- "location" and "source" > sound rather vague.] > > Are diamonds (jarjme? rairjarjme?) found in {terkunra} or only in > {terjemna}? Same questions; yes. > If I plant a forest with the intent of logging the trees, is it then a > {mudri terkunra}? No, it's a mudri tercrepu, IMO. > ({mudri} has no place for source or location besides the species of > trees used.) > What are the restrictions on the {kunra} ("mineral/ore of type/metal > x2") that come from a {terkunra}? You've just listed them. 8) This may be worth sending to the bpfk when things are rolling a bit better. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi