From phma@webjockey.net Thu Mar 13 16:31:57 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 14 Mar 2003 00:31:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 45218 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2003 00:31:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Mar 2003 00:31:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2003 00:31:56 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18td76-00018v-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:31:56 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18td6o-00014g-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:31:38 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:31:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from 208-150-110-21-adsl.precisionet.net ([208.150.110.21] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18td6U-0000rU-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:31:18 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E56D0355C; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 00:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] xruba Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:31:16 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303131931.16539.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 4520 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Pierre Abbat Reply-To: phma@webjockey.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 The word "xruba" is glossed "buckwheat", although it can refer to buckwheat, sorrel, rhubarb, or any other member of the Polygonaceae (but not wood sorrel). I coined a word "xrixruba" to refer to buckwheat specifically, and someone may invent words for sorrel or rhubarb specifically. There is AFAIK no English word for Polygonaceae in general. What should the gloss for "xruba" be? phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga