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[lojban-beginners] Re: Agriculture and fisheries

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:43 AM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
>> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:53:54 AM
>> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Agriculture and fisheries
>>
>> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 10:14 PM, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
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>> >>  Hmmm...  Well, it depends on how you want to define the terms.  As
>> >> an activity, cagycu'u/fipkatcu'u.  As an industry,
>> >> cagygundi/fipkatygundi.  As an art/science, caglarcu/fipkatlarcu
>> > I have a problem with your use of {gundi}.  In my view the gismu clearly
>> defines
>> > {gundi} to be the manufacturing industry.  How would you then distinguish
>> > manufacturing from fisheries and agriculture?
>> >
>> >
>>   Frankly, I had the same problem, but they ARE producing finished
>> products (food) from raw materials (fish, plants).
> OK, but my question still stands.  If, for example, you were describing
> the economy of a country and comparing the sizes of different sectors,
> what would you call the manufacturing sector ? Fisheries and agriculture
> are always treated separately.
>
  By "manufacturing", you mean putting together stuff to make other
stuff?  That is nunzba (or, to be consistent with the others,
zbagundi)
             --gejyspa