[jbovlaste] Re: Emperor

[Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>]

Considering that jbovlaste has {sorgugje'a} for "empire" and in the translation {lo jirnyde'i be la .uisterim.} (http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=751) I translated "emperor" with {sorgu'etru} at page 6..

So, if an "empire" is a "domain of many countries", an "emperor" should be a "governor of many countries".

I've no particular attachment to {sorg'etru} but I feel that {balnoltru} is too restrictive, a "big kingdom" is not an empire since an empire is made by more nations (that might have different languages and cultures and even have a king that is subject to the emperor).

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:17 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:

coi ro do

Please comment

t1=n1 is the emperor/empress of t2
t1=n1 balnolraitru t2
 
Actually, I prefer {balnolrai} as emperors, like kings, 
may be ceremonial only.  However, the proposed
definition would be consistent with the most used
lujvo for 'king/queen' which is {nolraitru} rather
than {nolrai].
 
For comparison, jbovlaste already has:
 
president: {gugja'a]
premier/prime minister: {truralju}
 
totus