Re: [lojban] baby words: diaper cover

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

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 09:32:15AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> In the context of cloth diapers, a diaper cover is a plastic outer
> wrap that protects everything else from the urine-soaked diaper.
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&ix=c2&q=diaper+cover&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1920&bih=1075&sei=52fWTov7JOqpiAKn-eGgDA
> 
> Is it gacri or skapi or is it a stylistic choice?  I believe the
> latter.  In fact, they even have the same place structure; I'm not
> at all certain what the difference is between the two words,
> except that skapi implies sruri.
> 
> Are there other words you might use?

Oh, also, I note the existence of {calku} (which doesn't work here),
which I find amusingly pointless since you could just give {skapi} a
third place.  Not that gismu are intended to partition, as the book
says.

-Robin

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