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Re: [lojban] Re: {le} in xorlo
Yoav Nir wrote:
I'm with you on that. Here's two examples from jbovlaste:
* *gi'e **cmavo **[GIhA]*$gi'e$ logical connective: bridi-tail
afterthought and.
*
*tebau **cmavo cluster **[BAI*]*$tebau$ bangu modal, 3rd place
(expression) language expressing ...
As a non-linguist, these mean nothing to me.
They don't mean much to linguists either zo'o
They were more or less coded abbreviations for function rather than
"definitions" from early on in the language, and were intended to be
replaced (compounded by other abbreviations that appear to be internal
to jbovlaste). But no one has ever done so.
It is the coming up with real definitions for these kinds of words that
the BPFK/byfy is tasked with. And the experts have spent years not
getting the job done (not always because decisions can't be made, but
because dictionary-writing is hard and boring for many), which is why
Robin is asking everyone including you to get involved.
If you think you know what gi'e or tebau means, go into the wiki and
make a stab at it, provide material from CLL if you can, or usage
examples from IRC or elsewhere, as support, and make definitions that
people like you CAN understand. If everyone in the community does a
few, the job will be done fairly quickly.
lojbab
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