From lojbab@lojban.org Thu Oct 25 06:59:15 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 25 Oct 2001 13:59:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 17179 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 13:59:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.222 with QMQP; 25 Oct 2001 13:59:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-5.cais.net) (205.252.14.75) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 13:59:05 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (209-8-89-140.dynamic.cais.com [209.8.89.140]) by stmpy-5.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f9PDx2d85821 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:59:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011025095554.00c69440@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:59:33 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] latna: Lotus or Nelumbo? In-Reply-To: <0110250055300A.06830@neofelis> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 12:55 AM 10/25/01 -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote: >Wading through pages about corporate taxonomy software by Lotus, I found that >there are two completely different plants called lotus: the genus Lotus, >which is in the family Fabaceae, and the genus Nelumbo, in the family >Nelumbonaceae. The flattish seed head with some twenty holes with a seed in >each is Nelumbo. Which is latna? genus Nymphaea is the one listed in my dictionary which has religio-cultural significance (which is why it is in the gismu list). But if one of the other genera also has religious significance, it would also fit. latna is not primarily a taxonomic thing, but a cultural word. I could imagine it being used for any religio-culturally significant plant with lujvo to distinguish them. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org