Re: [lojban-beginners] Does the argument limit lead to half-ass words?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Monday, May 25, 2015 07:06:46 TR NS wrote:
> lojbab, your reply was enlightening. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
> 
> The only thing I do not get is the gait argument on bajra. I don't see how
> that can be filled other then with attributive words like masno (slow) or
> sutra (fast). If you put a word that means "gallop" or "trot" than why
> would you need bajra -- you already have a word for gallop or trot.

What you put in x4 is a sumti, which could be a nu-clause or a cmevla. A word 
for gallop or trot, which you could substitute for "bajra", would be a brivla. 
You could derive the brivla from the cmevla or vice versa, but they're not the 
same.

Pierre
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The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing snave.

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