BPFK Section: Epistemology sumtcita
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:01 -0800, Robin Lee
> Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 11:34:43AM -0300,
> Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:31:01 -0800 (PST),
> John E Clifford wrote:
> > > > To summarize and old point about
> sumtcita: the connection
> > > > between a sumtcita and some brivla
> mentioned in connection with
> > > > it is heuristic, not definitional. That
> is, the sumtcita may
> > > > have a meaning that is not exactly to be
> found in the brivla and
> > > > conversely.
> > >
> > > I think CLL treats it as definitional.
> >
> > I think you're very wrong. Citation?
> >
> > -Robin
>
> Are you saying that {bai} is not necessarily
> {fi'o bapli},
> {gau} is not necessarily {fi'o gasnu}, {se
> ri'a} is not
> necessarily {fi'o se rinka}, etc.?
>
> I don't really care if it's in CLL or not. At
> least for me that's definitional.
Point? The fact that some heuristics work
extremely well, to the point of defining the word
involved, does not mean that they are other than
heuristics. some words just have easy
definitions. Others may not, but calling
attention to a brivla may still help finding what
that definition is.