Re: [lojban] baby words: eyes open

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

On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:13:49PM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> According to the definitions of kalri and ganlo, it is a passage
> that can be kalro or ganlo, not whatever may block the passage.
> 
> So it's the se murta, not the murta, that can be kalri or ganlo.
> 
> It's the window, not the window pane, that can be kalri or ganlo.
> It's the jar, not its lid, that can be kalri or ganlo.
> 
> And so it must be the eyes (more precisely the pupils), not the
> eyelids, that can be kalri or ganlo.

The man has a point. That does make the place structure pretty weak,
though, as there's no place to put the thing doing the blocking.
{lo balku'a cu ganlo se pi'o le vorme}, or something, I guess?

-Robin

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