[jbovlaste] Re: new word: prolijmo'a

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

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