From phma@webjockey.net Sat May 03 17:20:08 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 4 May 2003 00:20:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 18237 invoked from network); 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19C7Ed-0004tN-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:20:07 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19C7ER-0004sv-00; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:55 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:53 -0700 (PDT) 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 19C7E7-0004sm-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:36 -0700 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7861D4290; Sun, 4 May 2003 00:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] xumtau Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 20:19:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305032019.03126.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 5096 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 I've noticed the paucity of chemical gismu and the tendency of chemical names to be polysynthetic and I had an idea. How about using {tanru}, a binary metaphor, metaphorically for a binary compound? Thus {xumtau} would mean "x1 is a binary compound of x2 and x3" and the rafsi {tau}, when attached to a word meaning a chemical, would be equivalent to "-ide". E.g. {tabno relkijytau} = "carbon dioxide" (also {bakrygapci}) and {sodna klirytau} = "sodium chloride". phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman. From phma@webjockey.net Sat May 03 17:20:08 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 4 May 2003 00:20:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 18237 invoked from network); 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 May 2003 00:20:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19C7Ed-0004tN-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:20:07 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19C7ER-0004sv-00; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:55 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:53 -0700 (PDT) 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 19C7E7-0004sm-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 03 May 2003 17:19:36 -0700 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7861D4290; Sun, 4 May 2003 00:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] xumtau Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 20:19:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305032019.03126.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 5096 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 I've noticed the paucity of chemical gismu and the tendency of chemical names to be polysynthetic and I had an idea. How about using {tanru}, a binary metaphor, metaphorically for a binary compound? Thus {xumtau} would mean "x1 is a binary compound of x2 and x3" and the rafsi {tau}, when attached to a word meaning a chemical, would be equivalent to "-ide". E.g. {tabno relkijytau} = "carbon dioxide" (also {bakrygapci}) and {sodna klirytau} = "sodium chloride". phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.