[lojban] Re: "point"?

["Mark E. Shoulson" <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

This is for Zendo, isn't it? :)


Something with farna? X te farna Y probably, with the unfilled space 
being the "pointing direction".


With people it might want tanruing with degji or something.


Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> 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
>  
This is more srana. This is a very different kind of pointing. I might 
almost go with "te tavla", as it's a sort of subject matter.

>    That stick is pointing at that tree
>
>    lojban.org links to Nick's Lojban pages
>  
This is different yet again. Maybe even something with lasna?

~mark


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