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[jbovlaste] Re: catalyst



On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:57 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> A lujvo for "catalyst -- a substance that changes the rate of a chemical
> reaction" might be "nilxumfrasutkezgafxu'i". This looks too long to me.
>
> And I don't think a fu'ivla based on "catalyst" would make a good
> alternative either, in terms of neutrality, since some major languages such
> as Chinese, Hindi, and Arabic have words not related to "catalyst"s
> etymology for this concept.

maybe something similar to {gafsta} ?

something that changes something else, but stays the same itself.

there's probably a better gismu for {stali}, i'm not that firm in
gismu any more.




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