Re: [lojban] Re: Holiday Present from the BPFK: The gadri Proposal Has Been Completed

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:01:05PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote:
> And where does the idea that {loi vo nanmu} has one referent come
> from? Is that the "Mr. Rabbit" (or "Mr. Man" in this case) concept
> that I've never believed in?

No, it's distributivity.  {loi vo nanmu cu bevri lo pipno} means,
unequivocably, that they carry it together, i.e. that they are a
group for purposes of the bridi, not four independent men.  That
group is the one referent.

-Robin

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