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On Saturday 23 October 2010 11:01:29 Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com> wro=
te:
> > I think Pierre was right about this, the x1 of katna is a tool that
> > chops, so it's not Mary that's cutting the wood... unless your axe is
> > named Mary! =A0That would be a good name for an axe.
>
> The gi'uste says "(tool/blade/force)", so presumably lo katna could be
> lo se balre/lo balre/lo bapli. Mary is not lo balre or lo se balre,
> but I don't see why she can be lo bapli. (This may open another can of
> worms about that strange "ka" in the definition of "bapli".)

I think "force" here means "(nil)catke" or "(nil)danre" (nil, if you're=20
measuring it in newtons (or is lo nildanre in pascals?)), rather=20
than "bapli". I'd say "la meris. katna lo mudri" if she karate-chopped it o=
r=20
ran into it and it broke.

I agree with "ka'argau".

Pierre
--=20
.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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