Monday, February 9, 2015

fepni - 'cent 'penny' '

fepni
fep fei cent
 
'cent 'penny' '
 
x1 is measured in kopeck/cent money-subunits as x2 [quantity], in monetary system x3 5e 36 [also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is

[also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is generally a price/cost/value]; (additional secondary, tertiary, etc. subunit places may be added as x4, x5, x6, ...); (cf. sicni, jdini, jdima, vecnu, rupnu, dekpu, gutci, minli, merli, bunda, kramu)

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Sunday, February 8, 2015

ctile - 'petroleum 'oil' '

ctile
petro
 
'petroleum 'oil' '
 
x1 is a quantity of petroleum/oil from source x2 a 4 (cf. grasu)

(cf. grasu)

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

kurfa - 'square '

kurfa
kur squar
 
'square '
 
x1 is a right-angled shape/form defined by set of vertices x2, dimensions x3 (default 2) 9b 2 [also rectangle, square, rectilinear; square (= ku

[also rectangle, square, rectilinear; square (= kubykurfa, pitkubykurfa), cube (= kurkubli), rectangle (= clakurfa), rhombus/diamond (= sa'orkurfa, sa'orpitkubli)]; (cf. bliku, kubli, tapla, salpo, tarmi)

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Friday, February 6, 2015

pulji - 'police '

pulji
polic
 
'police '
 
x1 is a police officer/[enforcer/vigilante] enforcing law(s)/rule(s)/order x2 a 15 [police officer, as an agent of authority (= ca'ir

[police officer, as an agent of authority (= ca'irpulji, ka'irpulji), as part of a police force (= puljysoi, as part of puljyselsoi); military police (= jempulji, bilpulji)]; (cf. catni, sonci, bilni, flalu, bandu, jemna, zekri, krati)

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

krici - 'believe 'creed' '

krici
kri belie
 
'believe 'creed' '
 
x1 believes [without evidence/proof] belief/creed x2 (du'u) is true/assumed about subject x3 3l 99 ["without evidence" refers to objective external e

["without evidence" refers to objective external evidence; also gives credence, has conviction]; (cf. censa, cevni, lijda, makfa, malsi, senpi, birti)

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

dunda - 'give 'donate' '

dunda
dud du'a give
 
'give 'donate' '
 
x1 [donor] gives/donates gift/present x2 to recipient/beneficiary x3 [without payment/exchange] 2b 217 [also grants; x3 is a receiver (= terdu'a for reor

[also grants; x3 is a receiver (= terdu'a for reordered places); the Lojban doesn't distinguish between or imply possession transfer or sharing; x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the object/commodity (= posydu'a, posyseldu'a for unambiguous semantics)]; (cf. benji, muvdu, canja, pleji, vecnu, friti, sfasa, dapma, cnemu, prali)

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

salci - 'celebrate '

salci
sla celeb
 
'celebrate '
 
x1 celebrates/recognizes/honors x2 (event/abstract) with activity/[party] x3 9c 22 [x3 (and nunsla) festival/fiesta/celebration/occas

[x3 (and nunsla) festival/fiesta/celebration/occasion/fair/[holiday (some senses)]; not limited to the ameliorative interpretation of 'celebrate': funeral (= mrobixsla)]; (cf. sinma, jbena)

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Monday, February 2, 2015

su'o - 'at least '

su'o
suz su'o at le
 
'at least '
 
digit/number: at least (some); no less than 3a 0 (cf. cmalu, mleca)

(cf. cmalu, mleca)

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

plita - 'plane '

plita
pit plane
 
'plane '
 
x1 is a plane [2-dimensional shape/form] defined by points x2 (set); x1 is flat/[smooth] 9b 18 [also: x1 is even/planar/level]; (x2 is a set of p

[also: x1 is even/planar/level]; (x2 is a set of points at least sufficient to define the plane); (cf. xutla, sefta, tapla, karda, boxfo, pinta)

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