On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:49:15AM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> pier:
> > On Thursday 05 December 2002 18:58, And Rosta wrote:
> > > I know why you think that; there are sound rational grounds
> > >
> > > But {sfenisku} was my favourite. Long-form fuhivla do indeed seem
> > > too clunky, while lujvo can seem blandly homogeneous and lacking
> > > in distinctiveness, especially in what one might call 'cratylism',
> > > the property of form mystically embodying meaning. I've there's
> > > one person whose judgement I'd trust on neologisms, it would be
> > > Michael Helsem
> >
> > But if lo sfenisku is a penguin, what is lo nisku?
>
> If we are asking questions like these, then maybe Lojban really is
> moving from a mere design to a proper language that we explore
> & discover. Anyway, {sfenisku} = "surface nisku" = penguin. What
> do penguins have to do with surfaces? Easy -- they stay on it,
> if it is the surface of land/ice -- they don't fly -- or they
> dive beneath it if it is the surface of water. So a nisku is some
> kind of bird, a class that includes penguins, such that penguins
> are distinctive within that class in regard to their special
> connection with surfaces.
>
> Perhaps I should add {nisku} to the list of unofficial gismu?
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