[lojban] re'o vs ne'a

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

From BPFK:

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+Contact+Spatial

re'o (FAhA3)
Adjacent to. Indicates that something is adjacent, touching or
contacting. When tagging a sumti, the sumti indicates something which
it is adjacent to, touching or contacting. See also: te'e.
Keywords: adjacent, abutting.

ne'a (FAhA3)
Indicates that something is adjacent. When tagging a sumti, the sumti
indicates something which it is next to.
Keywords: adjacent. next to. approximating.

Both mean adjacency. The contrasting keywords are "abutting / touching
/ contacting" versus "next to / approximating". This implies the
following:

da pe re'o de
X which is adjacent to and on contact with Y

da pe ne'a de
X which is adjacent to and not on contact with Y

Questions:

Why should "ne'a" belong to the "Contact Spatial" category?
How is "ne'a" different from the traditional "vi"?

mu'o

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