[lojban] Re: ki'a

[Yanis Batura <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 20.11.2006, 6:48, Bob LeChevalier wrote:

> Yanis Batura wrote:
>> {pinpedi} is a stage 4 fu'ivla, like {djirafa}, {alga}, {caxmati} etc.

> And is an example of why I am opposed to inventing stage 4 fu'ivla at 
> this point in the language evolution - as we can see, no one has any 
> idea what it means.  A fu'ivla should remain a Type III - marked by a 
> semantic-hint rafsi - until its usage is so common that usage (and/or 
> Zipf's law) indicates a need for a shorter form.  I don't think that any
> fu'ivla has received such usage.

There are only 1342 semantic hint classes. So, if we want to fu'ivlize
games like "Go" we will have to stick to {kelcr-}: {kelcrgo}. One
might then wonder what type of PLAYER Go is.


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