[lojban-beginners] Re: lujvo and place structure questions

[Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

On 11/26/05, omicron@softhome.net <omicron@softhome.net> wrote:
> Also, I found the entry sezga'o with gloss word autistic in the
> jbovlaste, having the definition, "x1 is autistic/Aspergian, unable
> to understand social behavior x2". I guess this would mean le sezga'o
> means an autistic person, and le se sezga'o means a social behavior
> that an autistic person might not understand. However, how does one
> simply say the word "autism" in lojban?
>
> Also, the gismu crino means green with definition "x1 is green".
> Since le crino means something that fits into the x1 of crino, it
> seems like le crino should mean a green object, and not the color
> green. How does one say the color green?
>
>
You seem to be looking for the abstractor {ka}, the property
abstractor. It carries a meaning similar to that of the "-ness" suffix
in English. {ka crino] means the property of greenness, and the {ka
sezga'o} would mean the property of autisticness.
-epkat