Re: [lojban] Re: Chemical elements

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:49 AM, lojdjis <petxd086@googlemail.com> wrote:
> We can use:
> xukmixepa is Hydrogen-1
> xukmixere is Deuterium (Hydrogen-2)
> xukmixeci is Tritium (Hydrogen-3)
>
> And we need something that will indicate hydrogen in general as we
> can't say "xukmixe" as noted earlier.

"xukmixe" is fine. The problem is only with I, O, and U. (And A and E,
if they existed.) One way to solve it could be to add a nonsense
syllable, although that's not terribly elegant, say: xukmi'ine,
xukmi'oksi, xukmi'ura.

There is a minor potential problem with the isotopes idea, because
"mu" could represent either "m" or "5", so "xukmicumu" is Curium (Cm),
but with the isotope convention in place someone might think it's
Carbon-5. I don't think this causes any actual ambiguity, but then you
won't be able to just read the symbol from the fu'ivla without knowing
something about the elements.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.