[lojban] Re: Symbiosis and related topics

[Robin Turner <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Jorge Llambías wrote:
> la sanxiyn cusku di'e
>
>
> > If my understanding is correct,
> > "commensalism" does not mean that the arrangement is commensal:
> > it just means what it is. (I am not specialized in this area! Do
> > not ask me how _exactly_ commensalism is defined.)
>
>
> Etymologically "commensal" means co-tabler, one who shares
> the table. Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship where one
> of the species benefits and the other is unaffected, so one of
> the species is welcome to the table of the other, as it were.

Interesting. In Turkish "komensal" just means "parasite", and is often 
used metaphorically; e.g. "komensal hayat" is an unproductive life lived 
at the expense of others.

robin.tr

--
"A Perl script is "correct" if it gets the job done before your boss 
fires you."
 - Larry Wall

Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
Ankara 06533
Turkey

www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin