[lojban-beginners] Re: kevzu'i

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

On 1/12/06, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

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

Robin,

It's not a word in Lojban for the English word "stub." It's a word in
Lojban for what the object is. That which is referred to in Wikipedia
as a "stub" is something that blocks a hole or a breach in Wikipedia.
It's a stop-gap measure.

It's true that Yanis' nonce lujvo does not mean "something cut short
or arrested in development", but "stop-gap" is another word which
could be accurate for what the object is.

Is it better to call it "something cut short or arrested in
development" or "stop-gap"? One is the form and the other is the
function.

-epkat