Re: [lojban] Re: zil

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> The meaning/effect of zi'o itself turns out to be a tad controversial.

What is the controversy?

> According to me, it serves to redefine the selbri so that it needn't
> express a relation in which the zihoed place plays a part.

And according to me.  To be precise, zi'o provides the operation of the
relational algebra called "projection", whereby an n-place relation
becomes an (n-1)-place relation.

> An example:
> 
> pikta
> x1 is a ticket entitling x2 to entitlement/privilege x3 under conditions x4
> 
> zilpikta (< zilpavypikta)
> x1 has right/entitlement/privilege x2 under conditions x3

An excellent example!

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