[lojban] Re: "point"?

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

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:57:14PM -0500, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> This is for Zendo, isn't it? :)

Yes.

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

No, really not.  "X is east of Y" is very different from "X is
oriented in a way to bring attention to/point to/indicate/point at
Y".

Very different.

> With people it might want tanruing with degji or something.

That still doesn't give me the indicating aspect.

> 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?

I agree that they are different kinds, but I believe the underlying
concept is the same, and it should be expressible in Lojban.

-Robin

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