Re: [lojban] A Word for "abstractor" and for "abstraction"

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 05 August 2012 11:54:29 Jacob Errington wrote:
> coi
>
> Of course, this topic has come up before, I'm sure, but I have two
> suggestions and I'd like to get a feel for what the mailing list community
> thinks.
>
> sucma'o = x1=cm1 is a structure/grammar word/[abstractor] governing
> abstractions of type x2=cm2 in language x3=cm3.
> sucybri = x1=b1 is an abstracted predication/[abstraction] of type x2=b2
> with arguments x3=b3.
>
> cimjvo, I'm afraid, but I can't see how else to do this, unless we make
> zi'evla for gismu for the occasion.

Sounds good to me, though some languages use other than words for this, so I 
suggest also:

sucrafsi: r1 is an affix corresponding to word r2 (which may be zi'o) 
governing abstractions of type s3=r3 in language r4.

"-tion" and "-ing" (gerund), for example, cu sucrafsi zi'o.

Pierre
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