Re: TECH: experimental cmavo "xo'e"

[hedgehog@SCRIPPS.EDU]

>>Well, actually, my copy of the gimste has
>
>>zbasu     zba      make
>>x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of materials x3
>
>>in which case this particular one's denying the existence of any
>>material out of which it is made, which is a bit easier to comprehend.
>
>Well, isn't that just {zbasu fi noda}?  There *is* a difference between
>{xo'e} and {noda}, but defining it is not easy.
>
>
>~mark

Isn't the difference between "zbasu fi noda" and "zbasu fi xo'e" that the
first recognizes that x1 makes x2 from nothing (but it *could* have been
made from something) and the second says that x1 makes x2 *period*?  "zabsu
fi zo'e" says that x1 makes x2 from something-or-other.


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