Re: [lojban] baby words: diaper cover

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

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:06:29PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:59:25PM -0500, Michael Turniansky
> wrote:
> >  On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> >  <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > 
> > Bandu would be where I would tend to go (and yeah, calku would
> > work, too, actually)
> 
> bandu is an event.  :P

Also, calku is hard, and these aren't.

-Robin

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