Re: [lojban] What's the difference between gacri and drudi?

[Sid <cntrational@gmail.com>]

Maybe kumfa drudi for ceiling and dinju drudi for roofs?

mi'e cntr

On 12 February 2012 04:25, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
> The roof and the ceiling are NEVER the same. The ceiling is the inside
> highest surface of an individual room, and the roof is the outside top
> surface of a whole building.
>
> stevo
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>>
>> On Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:14:25 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
>> > x1 is a cover/[lid/top] for covering/concealing/sheltering x2.
>> >
>> > x1 is a roof/top/ceiling/lid of x2. "a drudi is (designed to be)
>> > over/above something and shelters it from other things above the
>> > drudi"
>> >
>> > So one's a lid or a cover that shelters things, and the other's a
>> > lid or a roof that shelters things?  0.o
>> >
>> > Are these straight-up synonyms or what?
>>
>> I'd say that lo drudi is fixed in place, whereas lo gacri isn't
>> necessarily.
>>
>> Also, English distinguishes a roof and a ceiling. A ceiling is the top
>> surface
>> of a room and is usually horizontal. A roof is the part that covers the
>> rest
>> of a building and is usually sloped. It is possible, but not common, for
>> the
>> roof and ceiling to be the same; usually the ceiling is under the roof,
>> and
>> the space between them is the attic. If a building has several stories,
>> each
>> floor, except the lowest, is also a ceiling, but is not a roof. How do we
>> distinguish these in Lojban?
>>
>> Pierre
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