Re: [lojban] Attitudinal scales and the meaning of {cu'i}

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Daniel Brockman <dbrockman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, my proposal:
>
>  * {UI} and {UI nai} are dictionary-defined.
>  * {UI sai}, {UI ru'e} and {UI cu'i} are fully compositional.

It sounds reasonable, but consider for example:

.o'a (UI1)
Attitudinal. Used to express pride / dignity / self-confidence /
smugness / bravado / grandiloquence / pomposity / cockiness / conceit
/ arrogance. (cf. jgira)

.o'a cu'i (UI*1)
Attitudinal. Used to express modesty / humility / humbleness /
discreetness / meekness / unpretentiousness / reserve. (cf. cumla)

.o'a nai (UI*1)
Attitudinal. Used to express shame / abashment / embarrassment /
humiliation / mortification. (cf. ckeji)

Isn't it useful to have the words modesty / humility / humbleness /
discreetness / meekness / unpretentiousness / reserve associated in
some way with "o'a cu'i"? And also the lojban word "cumla"? At least
the entry for "cumla" should probably make some reference to "o'a
cu'i", and in an English-Lojban dictionary the entries for modesty,
humility, etc should mention "o'a cu'i", whether the dictionary has an
entry for ".o'a cu'i" or not.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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