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On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:02:37PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
>
> > As jatna, I decree that we must produce definitions for all
> > cmavo that currently exist in the ma'oste, unless a compelling
> > reason to the contrary exists.
>
> Compound cmavo, however, are not cmavo.

Pbbbbbt.

"any word in the ma'oste", then.

> When the cmaste

small list?

> was designed, the intention was to include a sprinkling of
> frequently used compounds, *not* that the particular compounds
> chosen were themselves magic. Exception: the UI ru'e and UI nai
> compounds.

<nod>

> > Because no-one's defined {bau nai}. Once we've figured out what
> > BAI+NAI means, I'm going to suggest that we either universally
> > include it, or universally don't, depending on what we decide
> > on.
>
> CLL already defines BAI+NAI before the selbri: it's just
> contradictory negation.

I'm not sure what *that* means, though.

{mi klama mu'i nai lo nu mi nelci} is "I go, although I don't want
to", or "I go, it is not the case that I want to", or "I don't go,
though I want to"?

-Robin