Re: [lojban] What is the x3 of tubnu?

["Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - LLG" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

Jacob Errington wrote:
> Well, even that wording isn't really so bad at all. I mean -- what is a 
> pipe? It's essentially a "transient container" open on both ends, isn't it?

A container is implicitly defined by its function (to contain its 
contents).  tubnu and certain other words are shapes or forms - the 
function may follow from the form, but the essential concept is the form 
 and not the function.

You'll find that the wording of a lot of gismu make reference to the 
form/function dichotomy - something we thought was of fundamental 
semantic importance back when we defined the place structures.

lojbab
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