Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action"

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:
> Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
> 
> > {zukte} only covers volitional actions, mostly things done by
> > people, but not a rock falling for example.
> 
> I think it would be bizarre to call the event of a rock falling an
> "action" in English.  I'd even be reluctant to call a reflex reaction
> an "action", though that's a narrower case.

Googling for "the action of the kidneys" I got 229 hits,
with things like: "The action of the kidneys is vital and 
so kidney failure is serious."  

Googling for "the action of a rock falling" I got only one:
"The action of a rock falling to the earth is a process that 
is entirely dependent upon the nature of the rock - a thing 
affected by gravity." Bizarre?

I assume neither of those is a se zukte nor a se gasnu.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





	
		
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