[lojban-beginners] Re: kevzu'i

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:28:10PM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote:
> Sorry for verbosity.
> 
> kevzu'i is my first attempt to create a lujvo.
> This one is a lujvo for "stub" (Wikipedia-like).
>
> I tried to translate it as "the thing which blocks a hole/breach".

Ummmm.

That's *not* what a "stub" in Wikipedia is.  In fact, I've *never*
heard that usage of "stub" before.

From: http://www.answers.com/stub&r=67

stub (st.b) pronunciation
n.

   1. The usually short end remaining after something bigger has
   been used up: a pencil stub; a cigarette stub. See Regional Note
   at stob.

   2. Something cut short or arrested in development: a stub of a
   tail.

   3.
	 1. The part of a check or receipt retained as a record.

	 2. The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.

tr.v., stubbed, stub·bing, stubs.

   1.
         1. To pull up (weeds) by the roots.

         2. To clear (a field) of weeds.

   2. To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.

   3. To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.

[Middle English stubbe, tree stump, from Old English stybb.]

I'm pretty sure it's meaning 2 of the first part.

-Robin

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