Subject: RE: [lojban] 'irrational' numbers

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:54:26 -0400

At 04:40 PM 07/14/2001 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
>Lojbab:
> > ni'e [selbri] converts a selbri to a quantifier (inverse of MOI)
> > mo'e [sumti] converts a sumti to a quantifier (inverse of li)
> >
> > There is minimal usage history for either of these, and they exist as much
> > for completeness as for having specific application. My original thought
> > with ni'e would be for such vague or metaphorical collective 
> quantifiers as
> > a "gaggle" of geese or a "brace" of oxen.
>
>For those, I'd be tempted to use "no'o", 'the typical number of'.

Doesn't work if there are more than one typical number. Oxen come in 
braces, yokes, and herds, and maybe a few other groups.

Having a selbri form can also be useful. no'omei is pretty meaningless.

lojbab
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