Re: [lojban] the semantics of & and * with tanru

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The semantic of & operator is that (x & y) means a y of which we add
> the x-ness.   That is, the tanru (x y) has (x & y) semantics.
>
> Examples :   a white house, a black bird, a great escape

Counterexamples: a bottle opener, a bird cage, a country song.

Tanru "broda brode" are not always of the "broda je brode" type.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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