[lojban] Sounding of the {ROTATE} gismu (was Direction of Rotation)

[Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

So Robin made his decision about the place structure.

Now let's find some sounding for it?

How do major (and minor!) languages express this "clockwise" concept?

I can't find anything special. 

1. "clock" metaphor.

2. Earth rotation

3. Screws

So 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise

Typical nuts, screws, bolts, and bottle caps are tightened (moved away from the observer) clockwise and loosened (moved towards the observer) counterclockwise, in accordance with the right-hand rule.

In English screw, nut, bolt

In Russian винт, гайка, болт [vint, gaika, bolt]

In Chinese 螺丝，螺母，螺栓 [Luósī, luómǔ, luóshuān]

In Spanish  tornillo, tuerca, perno

In Arabic المسمار، والجوز، والترباس

And I suggest

{bolto} = BOLT + LuO + TOrnillo

It's not my final decision, though.

<rlpowell> my instinct is to object, but I don't think I have any actual good reasons, so: sure, that looks fine. :)

<rlpowell> (that is: using "screw" to mean "rotation" seems odd to me, but I understand your arguments)

Another option is the Earth. Which is even romantic. But why should we stick to the North? Just because we are living in the north hemisphere? What australian jbopre would say?

So these are my thoughts.

.a'o you find other solutions.

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