From phma@oltronics.net Tue May 22 18:42:12 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 23 May 2001 01:42:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 42853 invoked from network); 23 May 2001 01:40:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 May 2001 01:40:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (207.15.133.52) by mta3 with SMTP; 23 May 2001 01:40:24 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 9F25A3C592; Tue, 22 May 2001 21:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: phma@oltronics.net To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Cmavo Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 21:34:02 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29.2] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01052221400708.00958@neofelis> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com From: Pierre Abbat On Tue, 22 May 2001, Craig wrote: >Coi rodo, > > The reference grammar says all cmavo beginning with X are reserved for >experimental use, but xu and xa clearly aren't. What happened? Are any other >X cmavo taken already, or just xu and xa? xVV is reserved for experimental use, but xV is not, and of xV: xa is 6, xe inverts first and fifth place, xi marks a subscript (thus xexixa inverts first and sixth place), xo means "how many", xu asks a yes/no question. Some of these experimental cmavo have actually been used; for example xa'o is the reverse of za'o, indicating an aborted or frustrated action. phma