Re: [lojban] Lojban for one dozen dozen, a gross or 144

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Wednesday, October 02, 2013 18:35:29 Terry Sofian wrote:
> Is there a lojban word for 144 or a gross? If there is how would a person
> say one part in 144 or 1/144?

There isn't a special word for a gross as there are for ten times, a hundred 
times, and a thousand times something (dekto, xecto, kilto). If you think 
there should be, make one up.

There isn't even a special word in French for "dozen" — it's just "douze" plus 
a suffix "-aine" which can be added to any number from 4 to at least 100 (but 
1000 takes "-ier", and higher powers of 1000 can just be used as nouns without 
adding a suffix). Once I arrived at church, noticed that there were exactly 
forty chairs, and remarked "Las sillas deben estar enfermas porque están en 
cuarentena".

On Wednesday, October 02, 2013 17:19:21 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> I could be wrong and it's {sovjipci}, not {jipcyso'a}, but I don't think so.

That would be an egg chicken. I'd just say "sovda", as long as it's clear from 
the context that they are chicken eggs and that they are not laid by roosters. 
Or are you asking which came first?

Pierre
-- 
I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.

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