Re: [lojban] Baby words: soft to the touch.

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

Am 06.07.2012 21:33, schrieb Robin Lee Powell:
> {ranti} seems to be about soft like a ripe fruit, not soft like
> velvet.  What would you use for the latter?  Is {ranti tengu}
> malrarbau?

ranti is about yielding to pressure, not necessarily about the surface. 
You can say:
lo do flira cu ranti lo nu pencu
"Your face is soft when I touch it." (as opposed to firm)

If you want to call the surface "soft", I suggest xutla.

Of course you can mix them depending on your needs.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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.i pau mi me ma .i pa mai ko mi jungau la'e di'u
.i ba bo mi va'o lo nu nelci lo nu me ma kau cu barkla
.i va'o lo nu na nelci cu denpa ti lo nu mi drata



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