Re: [lojban] Cutting tools (katna selpli tanru)

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, June 28, 2015 18:50:05 sunrise2000@comcast.net wrote:
> Does anybody know the Lojban terms used to distinguish between the
> different types of cutting tools?  I.e.,
> 
>  {sakli dakfu} for cutting knife?
>  {selde'i dakfu} for saw?

{selde'i dakfu} could just as easily mean "serrated knife", i.e. "knife made 
like a saw".

>  {guska dakfu} for razor?

Sounds reasonable.

>  {darxi dakfu} for axe?

{ka'amru}

>  {batci dakfu} or just {jinci} for scissors?

{batci dakfu} sounds more like nail clippers to me. {jinci} is good.

Pierre
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