From jjllambias@hotmail.com Tue Feb 29 16:35:35 2000
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:35:35 PST
From: "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: 2 lujvo

la maikl cusku di'e

>1) there is a word i am using, "sharawadgi", to indicate things
>which contain opposites such as a pattern of red & green, or
>hot & cold (Baked Alaska), ktp. i am thinking the way to say
>this in Lojban is 'opposite-quality-conjunction-quality' DUTKAIRKAXYKAI.

You don't need the R there. What I don't remember is if
it is merely unnecessary or actually wrong.

Why do you use {kanxe} instead of {je} or {joi}? I don't
think this is about conjunction of propositions.
Another possibility: {dutsimxre}, "mixture of opposites".

>2) if one tends to count by fives of things (as we think in
>"twos" (opposites), would this be: 'five-basis' MUMCMU, 'fivesome-basis'
>MUMEMCMU; or would the latter become, as a
>lujvo, MUMYMEMCMU ?

{mumemcmu} is {mu memcmu}. I'm not sure how you would use
the word, but something like {mumselcmu}, "x1 has 5 as a basis"
might make more sense.

Another possibility: {mumrauci'u}, "5-degree-scale".

>3) & also, how to talk about thinking-in terms of-a given
>count-as basic? 'basic unit of counted things' CMUTERKANCU, or
>'basic set of things counted' CMUSELKANCU ? (i am leaning
>toward the latter).

I'm not sure I understand. Does it really have to do
with counting?

co'o mi'e xorxes

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