Re: [lojban] deciphering the gismu list

[xah <yahoo@xahlee.org>]

Thanks Bob LeChevalier for the authoritative reply.

Shouldn't the format spec as you just gave given somewhere on the site 
along with the gismu list?

 Xah
 xah@xahlee.org
 http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/more.html

Xah Lee wrote:
> is there a format spec for the gismu list?
>
> i.e.  a sample line from the gismu list looks like this:
>
> pensi pes     pei  think                'pensive'            x1
> thinks/considers/cogitates/reasons/is pensive about/reflects upon
> subject/concept x2          3l 164    [also: x1 is thoughtful (one
> sense); x2 is mental (one sense)/intellectual (one sense) (= selpei)];
> (cf. cmavo list pe'i, jijnu, menli, morji, sidbo, jinvi, se nabmi,
> minra, lanli, besna, saske, skami)

On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 06:04 AM, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> Columns 1-5 is the gismu itself
> 6-19 are up to three assigned rafsi, with position in the field 
> indicating
> the form CVC CCV or CVV
> 20-39 is the English keyword - a unique word useful for remembering the
> word but not necessarily a definition; being unique was more critical 
> than
> being definitional
> 41-60 is a hint word which may be an alternate word with related 
> meaning
> that may be used as a memory aid (these might not be unique or 
> unambiguous)
> 62-157 official place structure definition
> 159-160 letter and number code associating the word with the original
> Lojban textbook outline to give the intended teaching order.
> 161-164 a frequency count from 1993, giving an ordering based on usage 
> up
> to that point
> The latter two were used to generate non-alphabetical sorted lists 
> based on
> two plausible ordering in which one might want to learn the words.
> 165+ contains additional information that did not fit into the place
> structure field, generally explanatory, with cross-references to 
> related words.
>
> Originally, only the first three fields were baselined, but the 
> community
> has treated the entire document as frozen for several years.  The byfy 
> is
> responsible for making any changes to it at this point.
>
> lojbab
>
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