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Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action"
--- John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:
> Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
>
> > {zukte} only covers volitional actions, mostly things done by
> > people, but not a rock falling for example.
>
> I think it would be bizarre to call the event of a rock falling an
> "action" in English. I'd even be reluctant to call a reflex reaction
> an "action", though that's a narrower case.
Googling for "the action of the kidneys" I got 229 hits,
with things like: "The action of the kidneys is vital and
so kidney failure is serious."
Googling for "the action of a rock falling" I got only one:
"The action of a rock falling to the earth is a process that
is entirely dependent upon the nature of the rock - a thing
affected by gravity." Bizarre?
I assume neither of those is a se zukte nor a se gasnu.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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