[lojban] zo xi

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:45 PM, stevo <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
> Is "daxipa" distinct from "da"? I would think so, but you started with
> "daxire", and I don't know why.


Hmm, well here is how I think of it: There are an infinite number of
da/de/di/ko'a/fo'a/etc available, because you can use anything as a
subscript.  You don't have to start anywhere in particular; it would
be fine to start with da xi ci ze mu.  While I would agree with you
that plain "da" is not necessarily identical to any particular
subscripted "da", it's also not necessarily unidentical to them!  So
while I believe that our practice of starting with a subscripted two
is more of a habit than a rule, the reason for the habit is just to
make it abundantly clear that you are making a second distinct
reference.

Now that you mention it, I think it's possible that making daxipa
conventionally identical to da could be helpful or at least
aesthetically pleasing-- "daxipa" vs "daxire" being more balanced than
"da" vs "daxire"-- but we so rarely get up to that many references in
nonhypothetical situations that it's hard to actually test things out.

mi'e la stela selckiku mu'o


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