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[lojban-beginners] Re: lojban-beginners Digest V4 #156



>> [...] entries have "cf." followed by a list [...].  What exactly is
>> meant by that cf.?
> I think that means "compare with" --

Yes.

> I assume it comes from Latin like i.e. (id est) or e.g. (exempli
> gratia), but I am really not sure.

dictionary.com says "Latin. confer (compare).".

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