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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 04



On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:18 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
> Forget the previous message.  I hit SEND accidently.
>
>> > On Friday 16 July 2010 10:57:41 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
>> > > Dried grapes are either raisins, sultanas or currants.  So a fu'ivla based
>> > > on Vitis would be appropriatre for raisins, sultanas and currants which I
>> > > think would be good enough for Alice.  Something like {sudga vtistivi}.
>> > > (The lojban wiki seems to be down, and I don't remember the acceptable
>> > > type 4 forms).
>> >
>> > A word can't begin with "vt", and we don't need a fu'ivla for "grape";
>>there's
>>
>>
>> > already a lujvo, "vanjba".
>> >
>
> Trouble is that the proposed {vanjba} is based on the gismu {vanji}.  But
> not all grapes are processed into wine.  In particular, the Corinth grapes
> that are dried to become currants are NEVER used to make wine.
>

  I don't consider that a problem, totus.  lujvo can be more or less
inclusive than their component gismu might suggest... and there is no
mention of "wine" in the definition of vanjba.

          --gejyspa