[lojban] Re: Chemical elements

[lojdjis <petxd086@googlemail.com>]

AFAIK "xi" means subscript. So maybe then we can say
xukmixexipa is Protium (Hydrogen-1)
xukmixexire is Deuterium (Hydrogen-2)
xukmixexici is Tritium (Hydrogen-3)


On Jun 16, 4:55 pm, Jorge Llambías <jjllamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:49 AM, lojdjis <petxd...@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

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