[lojban] predict, foretell, foreknowledge, prognosis, anticipation

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

How do we deal with these concepts in Lojban?

The problem with lujvo based on {purci} or {balvi} is that 
they could go either way: is it the knowing that is in
the past of the thing known, or the other way around?
Does {purju'o} mean "x1 knows x2 about x3, which is in the 
past of the knowing" or "x1 knows x2 about x3, before it
happens". Is it foreknowledge or knowledge of the past?
And the same applies to {bavju'o}: is that after-knowledge, 
knowledge after the fact, or is it future-knowledge, 
knowledge of the future? We could adopt a convention, 
I suppose, or else look for something less ambiguous.

One possibility is {lirju'o}, "early-know", but I'm not sure
that really says the knowledge is before it happens. It seems
it could also be soon after it started to happen.

What about {dimju'o}?: "x1 destiny-knows x2 about x3", 
"x1 foresees that x2 is true about x3". Then {dimjungau}
for "x1 foretells x3 about x4 to x2".

Thoughts?

mu'o mi'e xorxes 


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