Re: [lojban] [oz] {dizlo tonga}

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

la .pier. cu cusku di'e
> We say "snosli tonga".

(Who is this "we"?)

I think "slowly oscillating" is a good approach. It also makes me think 
that children would then be more likely to "just know" that a higher 
pitch means a faster oscillation and a lower pitch means a slower 
oscillation. It kind of takes away the mystery. On the other hand, 
Lojbanic children will then inevitably become succesful scientists.

Back on topic, while the idea is good, I'd say the lujvo should be 
{slisno}, not {snosli}. Then again, the place structure of {slilu}, 
specifically its x2, makes it a bit meaningless to use {masno} on it. 
There doesn't seem to be a difference between "oscillating quickly at 
1Hz" and "oscillating slowly at 1Hz"; neither is faster or slower than 
the other. Because of that x2, I think the better lujvo would be 
{cmasli} (and {brasli}).

cmasli : x1 slilu lo cmalu x2
        "x1 oscillates at a small frequency through stages x2"

Unless someone has objections, I will add {cmasli} and {brasli} to 
jbovlaste tomorrow or so, as well as replace {dizlo tonga} with {cmasli 
tonga} in the Oz text.

mi'e la selpa'i mu'o


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