From phma@oltronics.net Mon Apr 16 17:37:50 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 17 Apr 2001 00:37:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 38620 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2001 00:37:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Apr 2001 00:37:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.21) by mta1 with SMTP; 17 Apr 2001 00:37:45 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 315ED3C628; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:30:41 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] sodna, kliru, navni Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:24:52 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: <8.132226eb.280ce310@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <8.132226eb.280ce310@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <0104162030400C.17840@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, pycyn@aol.com wrote: >These look like the two ideas I had, too, atomic number (I assume that is >what the >first set is, not having a chart handy) or position in the relevant columns >(same assumption). That's what they are. >Thanks for the names, though I am just as happy with the latin ones as names >and playing with that (and I don't remember enough chemistry to get the first >two anyhow). The whole list is at http://virtual.oltronics.net/~phma/Language/cmuxu%27icartu.html . The etymologies of these are rokci, translating Greek lithos, in lithium; lazny, translating argon; and zirpu, translating Greek ion (the flower, not the poison). phma