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Re: [lojban] guess a lujvo
I'd guess "carob bean ", because the carat, the unit of weight for
gems comes from the Arabic for carob seed.
--gejyspa
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> Because the Black Pearl Soybean, a specific kind of soybean, is the only
> legume I could find that has anything to do with precious stones or
> heaviness. (I doubt it's right, but a wrong guess is still better than none
> at all.)
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 4:51 AM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Okay, I get that. I don't know what {jmetijdembi} is, but somebody
>> suggested 'soybean', which seems like an odd choice since there's already
>> "sobde" that means 'soy(a)', so why suggest 'soybean' when there's no
>> "sobde" in Pierre's lujvo? Or is his lujvo possibly just a synonym?
>>
>> stevo
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The point is: Pierre siad something (in this case {jmetijdembi}). He
>>> clearly meant something specific and he will successful if we can get
>>> it or he can fail in conveying his meaning to us if we can't get a
>>> clue on what he meant.
>>>
>>> The fact that there might other (possibly better) ways of saying what
>>> he wanted to say is relevant, but it's a separate discussion, I think.
>>>
>>> remo.d
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Don't "soy" and "soya" mean the same thing? And don't they both refer
>>> > both
>>> > to the plant/legume and its seed/bean?
>>> >
>>> > stevo
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Not neccessarily. A soy bean is a legume.
>>> >>
>>> >> That said, "Black Pearl Soubean" is the only legume I could find via
>>> >> Google or Wikipedia that has anything to do with jemna or tilju.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:32 AM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Wouldn't "sobde" (soya) be part of the lujvo if it were 'soy bean'?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> stevo
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I got "soy bean" almost immediately (well, after having decomposed
>>> >>>> the
>>> >>>> lujvo :) ). Didn't know there was a "Black Pearl" variety.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>> > Well, the parts are gem/pearl-heavy-legume.
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > Apparently there's a kind of soybean called the "Black Pearl
>>> >>>> > Soybean".
>>> >>>> > Is
>>> >>>> > that it?
>>> >>>> >
>>> >>>> > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
>>> >>>> > wrote:
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> I just made up the word "jmetijdembi". Can you guess what it
>>> >>>> >> means?
>>> >>>> >>
>>> >>>> >> Pierre
>>> >>>> >> --
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