[jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste new entries

["komfo,amonan" <komfoamonan@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Kevin Reid <kpreid@mac.com> wrote:

On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:43, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:

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Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste new entries


flari'a (enact; legal)
r1=f5 enacts law r2=f1 for community f3 under condition r3=f4

I guess it's OK to have alternatives, but be aware that jbovlaste
already has {flatruci'e}, {zuktruci'e} and {pairtruci'e} for the three
branches of government.

It seems to me a bit unlojbanic to have {ciste} in these lujvo like trying to distinguish a noun from a verb (govern vs. government). What additional information/restriction does {ci'e} convey here?

(I notice that the gismu list does have {truci'e} in the notes, though.

There are at least two senses of 'government'. One is the abstraction of 'govern' ({zu'o turni}). Another is the mass of people, divided into various institutions, which does the governing; I think this is {truci'e}. Another (used in Britain IIRC, but not in the US) is the group composed of the PM & his ministers (& maybe their staffs) in their executive function.

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan