[lojban] Re: "point"?

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

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:12:15PM -0800, 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.

I've got in!  sinxa!

With lots of tu'a.

> What I'm looking for is the concept that underlies the following:
> 
>     Bob is pointing at Brenda

la bab jai sinxa tu'a la brendas

Expanding:

le nu gau la bab le degji cu te farna la brendas cu sinxa le nu la
brendas cu [whatever bob was saying about her]

>     Page 27 references the book Accelerando

{sitna} is better, but still: 

le re ze moi papri jai sinxa tu'a la'o zoi Accelerando zoi

>     That stick is pointing at that tree
>     lojban.org links to Nick's Lojban pages

Left as an exercise for the reader.  :-)

Possibilities for something that doesn't need jai:

to'e tcila sinxa == toltilsni

srana sinxa == ra'asni

-Robin

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