RE: [lojban] Re: questions about DOI & cmene

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, And Rosta wrote:

> Adam:
> > la and cusku di'e
> >
> > > I'm sure she is megaattractive, but I don't think 'attractiveness'
> > is
> > > that great a gloss for 'ka trina', though in fact I can't think of
> > any
> > > way to gloss 'ka trina'. 'Attractiveness' would be a good gloss for
> > > 'ka trina fa ce'u', though.
> >
> > Isn't that by far the most likely meaning of "ka trina"? If "ka trina"
> > doesn't mean "ka ce'u trina", what can it mean, "ka trina ce'u"
> > ("being-attracted-ness", I suppose)?
>
> Just so. It is difficult to faithfully gloss some of the highly
> underspecified expressions that Lojban allows.


Do you consider "ka trina" to be an example of a "highly underspecified
expression"?





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