[lojban-beginners] cf

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 8/16/2005 5:24:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> la cuncuxnas. wrote:
> > coi rodo
> > 
> > I feel a bit dumb for asking, but...well, looking in the gismu list and 
> > other such wordlists, almost all the entries have "cf." followed by a 
> > list of gismu which, upon further investigation, are related to the 
> > original gismu in an unclear manner.  (Unclear to me, at least.)  What 
> > exactly is meant by that cf.?
>
> I think that means "compare with" -- I assume it comes from Latin
> like i.e. (id est) or e.g. (exempli gratia), but I am really not
> sure.
>
>
> Hal


Yes, that's what the abbreviation means (short for Latin "confer"), but what are the comparison criteria?  How does a gismu get into the cf list?

stevo