[lojban] Re: A Proposed Explanation of {gunma}

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

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:38:10PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On 12/13/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > OK.  What do you think the current definition means, then?
> >
> > In particular, what sorts of things (WRT indiv, mass, set) go in
> > the x1 and x2?
> 
> I think the x1 is a single individual, and the x2 are many
> individuals together (i.e. they constitute the single individual
> x1 all together, not each on its own).

OK, so you want to use joi for the x2 then (otherwise it doesn't
work at all).

The problem with that is that it's simply "du".

ly ly gy gunma la xorxes joi la robin joi la bab joi lo drata

You can replace "gunma" with "du" and it still works.  It makes the
word totally useless.  Having it as a set to mass conversion,
however, makes it of some use.

-Robin

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