Re: [lojban] zergau

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

On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:57:39 PM UTC+4, xorxes wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> That would have the additional side benefit of freeing up zergau for
> >> "politician".
> >
> > Sorry. "Legislator".
>
> I think "criminalize" is a better gloss for "zergau". For "legislator"
> I would suggest "flafi'i" (or "xelfla"), since not all laws are about
> crimes.

I always wondered why {zekri} had no place for the agent who commits the crime.

> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Pierre Abbat <ph...@bezitopo.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There's a sentence "ti'e la .uengas. zergau" in the Book. "zergau", by
> >>> the
> >>> usual "-gau" rule, should mean "x1 makes x2 be a crime in x3's legal
> >>> system".
> >>> Wouldn't "zertra" be a better word for "criminal"?
>
> Yes, or "zerzu'e".
>
> This is a common mistake resulting from "gasnu" being misglossed as
> "do" rather than "make".
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/-/egO30fdm45oJ.
 
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.

For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.