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Re: Lojban Archivist/Historian, please. (was Re: More about the babies (was Re: [lojban] Help request: move things to github for me.))

On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 02:11:40PM -0400, Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - LLG wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:58:04AM -0400, Michael Turniansky wrote:
> >>to mi na se raktu lo nu pilno zo carmi tu'a lo srana be lo nu
> >>cinmo  to ru'a ra terpro be fi do toi .i zo cai selcmu zo carmi .i
> >>lo ka selcni cu ka'e carmi toi
> >
> >- --------
> >
> >x1 is intense/bright/saturated/brilliant in property (ka) x2 as
> >received/measured by observer x3.
> >
> >Also lustrous, gleaming, sparkling, shining (all probably better metaphorically
> >combined with gusni: gusycai or camgu'i); in colors, refers principally to
> >increased saturation (with opposite kandi).
> >
> >- --------
> >
> >I see a great deal there about light and color, and nothing at all
> >about emotion.  If you are right, the gismu definition needs
> >updating, badly.  I use {mutce} for this currently.
> >
> >Bob, can you comment here?  (the question is: can emotions be
> >{carmi}?)
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Any property or quality should be able to be described as intense -
> referring to relative density of the property.  

OK, I thought it was only about light.  Good to know.

What do you think of xorxes' summary of that and similar issues,
pasted here?:

.i va'o lo nu ko'a tsali fo'a cu nandu fa lo nu gasnu lo nu ko'a
jdika fo'a

.i va'o lo nu ko'a carmi fo'a cu nandu fa lo nu na ganse lo nu ko'a
ckaji fo'a

.i va'o lo nu ko'a mutce fo'a cu nandu fa lo nu tolcri lo zmadu be
ko'a bei fo'a

I can translate if you like.

-Robin

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