Re: Re: [lojban] admire

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

  It seems to me, then if THAT'S the aspect you are looking for, then
se melbi is what you want.
       --gejyspa

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:35 AM,  <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 18, 2010 10:16am, Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:10:56AM +0200, Remo Dentato wrote:
>> > One of the word I had to create for the translation of "le nu makfa
>> > prami" is "admirer".
>> >
>> > I couldn't find any suitable word in jbovlaste so I decided to create a
>> > lujvo.
>>
>> sinma?
>
> The problem with {sinma} is that it has the sense of "esteem" or "respect".
> You can admire a painting or the view from your house but I don't think you
> can "respect" or "highly regard" them.
>
> To me {sinma} is more for mental or conceptual properties while "admire" has
> a sensorial connotation that I think should be in the lojban word.
>
> remo
>
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