Re: [lojban] predicates as cmeme (was "Our Lady of Mercy" etc)

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 10:51 AM 06/19/2000 +0800, Major wrote:

> Sorry, I missed the beginning of the "Madonna" thread and this may be
> the point of the person who started it before it wandered off into the
> land of theology (never to be seen again 8-), but...
>
> Is it possible in Lojban to somehow say
>
>   la <pred-with-le>
>
> meaning
>
>   the thing who's name is the description ...
>
> this would be particularly useful for institutions.
>
>   Australian Cancer Society.

You can put la on a description and it is both name and description 
(answering your unquoted question)

la sralo ke kenra girzu
would translate your ACS

But a more general solution would be to use the sumti to selbri converter "me"

la me mi
 is
"Me"
as a name

lojbab
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