[jbovlaste] Re: catalyst

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 26 April 2010 22:23, * Hieran Makhwali <sarefo@googlemail.com> wrote:

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.

{gafsta} can be one description of "catalyst", yes, but of other things as well. I'm not an expert so I'm not sure, but some type of ion source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_source) might be described as {gafsta} too.
 

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

Such as stodi (constant), vitno (permanent), renvi (endure).

I need a brivla for "catalyst" because I want to make/define/explain a brivla for "enzyme", which is a type of catalyst. There are so many scientific items that can be discussed concerning this thing, so its brivla should be very productive for the scientific field of Lojbanistan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme