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Re: tu'a zo tordu .e zo cmalu



On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:40:18AM -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/1/2002 9:38:31 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> lojban-out@lojban.org writes:
> <<
> > ni'o ma te frica zo tordu zo cmalu .i .uanai
> > >>
> {cmalu} is comparative, not necessarily measured, and not necessarily 
> physical or one-dimensional
> {tordu} seems to be always measured and physical and one-dimensional

I don't see how cmalu is more/less comparative/measured.  They both
have an x3 place.  But the one-dimension distinction works fine for
me.

> That said, {tordu} does seem to be {tordu} in longest dimension agains a 
> measure (the start of a Lojban-Lojban dictionary?)
> 
> Why {tu'a}?

Why not?

-- 
Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net
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