Re: [lojban] baby words: eyes open

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 11:02:01AM +0100, Arnt Richard Johansen
wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 05:55:46AM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 November 2011 04:04:20 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > > Do {kalri} and {ganlo} work for someone's eyes, do you think?
> > > IOW, how to say "your eyes are open!"?
> > 
> > Yes. They (the eyelids, to be precise) do or don't allow access
> > to the retina by light from the outside.
> 
> I may be a pedant, but I would use {loi kalgai cu kalri} for that.
> {lo kanla cu kalri} has unpleasant connotations for me (eye
> surgery?).

Lovely, thank you both.

/me sticks kalgai in his flashcards.

-Robin

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