[jbovlaste] Re: new word: prolijmo'a

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

After reading through the chapter on lujvo making in the CLL I'm beginning to wonder how important it really is to perfectly describe exactly what you want to mean.

If I were making a tanru to mean "checker pattern" I might need to use vlina kurfa dasri morna.  But if the true meaning of a lujvo comes from it's definition and not strictly it's component gismu (we remove {sel} and {nun} all the time) then do we really need to describe it perfectly with ba'u 50+ gismu?  Also, it seems to me that if only a couple of gismu are necessary to describe an idea without other ideas intersecting with it, why add more?  Is there anything more obvious than "checker pattern" for kurfa morna to mean?  Maybe later if someone wants to describe that pattern that a tic-tac-toe board makes they could make a bigger lujvo that pulls {linji} into it.  But do we need to make every lujvo as big as the biggest lujvo necessary? 

Therefore, unless many people object, I'm going to create a new word kurmo'a (I've already voted down prolijmo'a).  I'll wait for a bit in case anybody is violently opposed to kurmo'a

P.S.  Sorry if my wording is awkward.  I blame english for my lack of talent in expressing ideas clearly and straight-forwardly.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:16 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24 February 2010 22:25, David Gowers <00ai99@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just found vlina in gismu.txt:
>
> vlinykursrimo'a
>
> I'm pretty happy with that as a description of checkerboard patterns.
> it covers:
> a) that a checkerboard is made up of colors which are mutually
> exclusive (not necessarily just two overall, though.. just that two
> adjacent squares of the same color are not possible)
> b) that the elements are right angled rectangles, not merely 'right
> angled lines'
>    (this leaves the possibility of uneven width ribbons, which I
> think is reasonably
>     described as an eccentric or irregular checkerboard)
> c) that it's a pattern :)

And, for those who find it lengthy, it could be shortened into a fu'ivla:

vlinksrmo