From pycyn@aol.com Sun Dec 03 12:28:10 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_3_1_2); 3 Dec 2000 20:28:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 94094 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2000 20:27:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 3 Dec 2000 20:27:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-r16.mail.aol.com) (152.163.225.70) by mta2 with SMTP; 3 Dec 2000 20:27:59 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-r16.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.34.) id a.b6.e1a400c (4158) for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 15:27:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 15:27:53 EST Subject: Re: [lojban] common words To: lojban@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_b6.e1a400c.275c06c9_boundary" Content-Disposition: Inline X-Mailer: Unknown sub 171 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_b6.e1a400c.275c06c9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 12/3/2000 1:33:34 PM Central Standard Time, cowan@ccil.o= rg=20 writes, replying to ivan: > >natlangs often form the > > negative term (low degree) by negating the positive one (high > > degree), and use the positive one as default. The opposite is > > either not attested at all or extremely rare. >=20 > How about Greek "aletheia", "un-forgetting", for 'memory'? >=20 But doesn=E2=80=99t aletheia mean=E2=80=9Ctruth,=E2=80=9D rather than =E2= =80=9Cmemory=E2=80=9D and come from=20 lanthanein =E2=80=9Cto go unnoticed=E2=80=9D So coming out as =E2=80=9Cwhat= is obvious=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 Still a=20 case for your point,perhaps. --part1_b6.e1a400c.275c06c9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 12/3/2000 1:33:34 PM Central Standard Time, cowan@ccil= .org
writes, replying to ivan:


>natlangs often form t= he
> negative term (low degree) by negating the positive one (high
> degree), and use the positive one as default.  The opposite i= s
> either not attested at all or extremely rare.

How about Greek "aletheia", "un-forgetting", for 'memory'?

But doesn=E2=80=99t aletheia mean=E2=80=9Ctruth,=E2=80=9D rather than = =E2=80=9Cmemory=E2=80=9D and come from
lanthanein =E2=80=9Cto go unnoti= ced=E2=80=9D So coming out as =E2=80=9Cwhat is obvious=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 Still= a
case for your point,perhaps.


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