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Re: Meaning of 'la'

To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
Subject: Re: Meaning of 'la'
From: John Cowan <cbmvax!UUNET.UU.NET!snark.thyrsus.com!cowan>
In-Reply-To: <9112120431.AA11767@relay1.UU.NET>; from "Major" at Dec 12, 91 3:28 pm
Reply-To: John Cowan <cbmvax!UUNET.UU.NET!snark.thyrsus.com!cowan>
Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!LOJBAN>

la meijr. cusku di'e

> If I understand John's answer to my previous query, the word 'la' is
> ambigious between "the thing named by the string ..." and "the thing
> named by the predicate ...". IE:
>
>         la lojbab
>
> could mean the thing named by the sound 'lohzbahb' (presumably a sound
> borrowed from another language) or the thing named "logical soap".

No, because "lojbab" is not a legal predicate for "logical soap".  Predicates
all end in vowels:  "logical soap" has to be "lojzbabu" or the like.

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cowan@snark.thyrsus.com         ...!uunet!cbmvax!snark!cowan
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban

References:
- Meaning of 'la'
  - From: Major <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!major>

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