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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: {caxmati}?
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:36:18 +0200
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{caxmati} is a fu'ivla. It is formed from the word {cax} meaning king  
in Farsi and some other languages (like the Shah of Iran), and {mat}  
meaning dead. This is the name of the game in several languages. The  
name is echoed in the English expression "check-mate"

On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:25 PM, Vid Sintef wrote:

> This is from jboselkei:
>
> Rybka is a very strong chess engine.
> la'o zoi Rybka zoi mutce tsali lo ka caxmati minji
>
> What does {caxmati} consist of?
>
> mu'o mi'e vid
>
>
>