From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: help with lujvo kilga'axa'i
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:47:06 -0400
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On Monday 07 September 2009 22:54:09 MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/7/2009 22:42:59 Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> henka.stickebana@gmail.com writes:
> > I would never used such a huge piece of steel to crack a nut.
>
> The Lojban word refers to an implement with a certain function, namely a
> lever of sorts, if I remember the conversation right.  It's only the
> English which distinguishes between the two.  So, while one wouldn't use
> the same kind of implement for the two purposes, in Lojban they are two
> kinds of the same implement, while in English they are different kinds of
> implement.

Correct. I mean the tool for removing nutmeat, not the nutcracker. The Lojban 
word refers to a lever with a pointy end used as a wedge. The tool I've seen 
called a crowbar is a piece of steel about 1 m long, 1 cm thick, and 6 cm 
wide, with one end bent and sharpened, often with a notch in the middle of 
that end for, I think, removing nails. The sharp end is stuck in a crack and 
used to pry something apart.

ta'o doi maikas. xu do se bangu lo plaukani?

Pierre