[lojban] Re: How to say "depends"?

[Jorge Llambías <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

We want a relationship like "value x1 depends on value x2 
according to function x3", so not a relationship between a 
range of values and a domain of values (which is all {fancu} 
provides) but one between two values. 

{ckini} is "x1 is related to/associated with/akin to x2 by 
relationship x3", which is almost what we want: what we
need to add is that the relatiopnship x3 is a function
(i.e. not any mapping but one that maps any value of the
domain to a single value of the range), so perhaps 
something like this would work:

fancyki'i: x1 is the value corresponding to value x2 by relationship
x3 which is a function from domain x4 (containing x2) to range 
x5 (containing x1)".

{fancymapti} could be a similar option.

Of course {ckini} and {mapti} can be used by themselves even
when the relationship involved is a function, especially for 
non-technical stuff.

mu'o mi'e xorxes