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Re: [lojban] brow vs. forehead. ankle/elbow/knee. palm. stomach





On Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:55:53 PM UTC+4, gejyspa wrote:
  Actually, according to Webster's Collegiate (http:/m-w.com
brow: 1b. Forehead

  The mebri is the part of the head between the eyebrows and the hairline.  Perhaps you are thinking about "eyebrow", which is not the same thing?

ki'e . Acc. to dictionaries brow can have the meaning of eyebrow so I thought there was one word for the two.


  tupcidni for knee is fine (usually tuple is thought of as the default x2 because of the English gloss forcidni, but there is nothing wrong with a specific word)

  For palm, I'd probably say xancra, although I wonder if that's not culturally neutral?

I went with {xanpecpau}  (and jampecpau). However, {xanpe'usfe} might be a better choice.


  I like slamycanti..

        --gejyspa


   
  


On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, la arxokuna <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:
brow and forehead are different things. What is {mebri}?


ankle = jmacidni
elbow = bircidni
knee = tupcidni ?


And how to say "palm"?

Please reply or I won't wait for you and make lujvo/zi'evla or even gismu (zo'oru'e but still).

For stomach I'll go with {stomaxu}. Ancient lojbanists couldn't know that it is actually a {slamycanti} (they had no idea of how the food is digested).

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