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[lojban-beginners] Re: Squares and rectangles




> 
> On 4/1/08, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> > Using the NORALJV
> > lujvvo for 'square', I would make it:
> >
> > {lo kubykurfa cu kurfa poi loi korbi cu dunli simxu le ka clani}
> 
> You should either replace {poi} with {gi'e}, or use
> {cu me lo kurfa poi ...}. A poi-clause attaches to a sumti.

Oops!  yes, of course.
> 
> Also, {simxu lo ka dunli fi lo ka clani}, or {simxu co
> dunli fi lo ka clani}, or {dunlysimxu lo ka clani}.
> {le ka clani} is not quite right as the x2 of {simlu}.

I was hoping someone would offer an alternative to {kubykurfa}
for 'square'.  'a-cube-type-of-rectangle' is plauseable but wouldn't
'an-equally-sided-rectangle' be more obvious - something like
{dunkorkurfa}?

mu'o mi'e .andrus.