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Re: [lojban] cmevla as a class of brivla



On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:35 AM, v4hn <me@v4hn.de> wrote:
> But the accepted definition of {la} is:
>
> la broda == lo selcme be zo broda

No, it is not. The last "accepted" "definition" of {la} is in xorlo which states

la [PA] broda - zo'e noi lu [PA] broda li'u cmene ke'a mi
Switching out {lu ... li'u} for {zo}, these are very nearly equivalent when xorlo's lo is taken into account, with the only difference being that the definition of {la} makes the cmene3 explicit.
Another rather simple observation: Whether or not {la selpa'i}
is decided to have some semantic connection to {prami}, you're not able to make
people ignore connotations of the word you're uttering.
Psychological fact (if such things even exist).
Therefore, if I read {la tsani}, I will think of the person AND I will think
of sky. Same for {selpa'i}. So if you don't want me to think of "beloved"
when I read about you, pick a different name.
I would say this is weakly true at best. I don't think of blacksmiths when I meet someone whose last name is Smith.

mi'e la latro'a mu'o

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