[lojban] "point"?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

I've noticed a lack in Lojban of a word for "pointing" in the most
general sense.  Or, in fact, in many of its more specific sense.

What I'm looking for is the concept that underlies the following:

    Bob is pointing at Brenda

    Page 27 references the book Accelerando

    That stick is pointing at that tree

    lojban.org links to Nick's Lojban pages

In other words, a uni-directional "x1 indicates/point out/shows x2".
jarco and srana are both close, but srana isn't unidirectional
enough, and jarco is both agentive and bizarre.  Furthermore, the
audience is very much extra.

Or perhaps I'm mis-understanding one of those words, or another one,
but I'd sure feel wierd using "jarco" for "That stick is pointing at
that tree", which is the use I actually need that led to these
thoughts.

Ideas?

-Robin

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