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Re: [lojban] dot was volcano
la pier cusku di'e
> For "this is a dot" I say {ti me me'o denpa bu}.
Right. I always forget about {me'o}.
> There is also a word
> {depybu'i}, but whether that means the same as {me me'o denpa bu} I don't
> know.
If the dot is considered to be a member of the lojban alphabet, then
{deple'u} is more precise. A someting-le'u is a something-bu'i that
forms part of an alphabet and represents something. The intermediate
step would be a something-sni, which represents but need not form
part of an alphabet. So:
lo depybu'i: The symbol ".".
lo depsni: The symbol "." representing a pause.
lo deple'u: The symbol "." representing a pause as a member of
the Lojban alphabet.
(Then there is the question of whether it really represents a pause
or actually a glottal stop.)
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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