[lojban] Re: SF setting

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 19:07:14 Jacob Errington wrote:
> {mluni} isn't a fu'ivla, it's a gismu of the form CCVCV. (fu'ivla can't be
> five letters long, as that's a criterion for being a gismu.) 

A fu'ivla can be five letters long, mu'u zo .aizdo .e zo gleua.

> I can, however, see one major issue with the numeric system: what if we
> discover a new planet between two existing ones? What do we call it? If
> it's discovered between planet 3 and 4, do we call it planet 3.5 ? Do we
> shift all the other planets back and call this new planet planet 4 ? As far
> as I can tell, this is the only real shortcoming of this system.

I prefer names, and would like to see what they turn out to be if we combine 
the Greek/Latin names with the Sanskrit or Chinese ones. Even the Greek names 
can be slightly foreign: I once read a reference to τον πλανητη Ποσειδωνα, and 
it took me a second or two to figure out they meant Neptune. Asteroids and 
minor planets are designated by both names and numbers, but the number 
indicates the order of discovery (except for Pluto).

> > A carbon nanotube could be a {navtabytu'u} and a space elevator a {kensa
> > galgau}.
> 
> Elevators are machines rather than agents, and I'd suggest {galzenrikmi'i}
> "height increase physical-cause machine". Perfectly jvajvo. As for carbon
> nanotube, I don't think that a lujvo is ideal for this concept. (Due to it
> being extremely naljvajvo, as in practically 0% jvajvo.) Why not just use a
> tanru? {.i tabno ke nanvi tubnu}.

"navytabytu'u" would mean a nanocarbon tube. I'd say "tabno navytu'u" or 
"tabynavytu'u", and I don't see anything naljvajvo about it (nanotubes can 
contain things, such as smaller nanotubes).

What's a space elevator? I suggest "lafmi'i" for elevator; it's shorter.

Pierre
-- 
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