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*kamkantu
And last month:
>Goran
>> Yes, but we do not differentiate between kamkantu and kamselkantu in
>> gliban.
>
>Do we distinguish them in Lojban? After all, {ka kantu kei} means the
>same as {ka se kantu kei}; or is there some jvajvo convention that makes
>{kamkantu} = {ka kea kantu kei} and {kamselkantu} {ka kea se kantu kei}?
>I suppose such a convention is a good idea, if you like jvajvo.
I agree that it is a reasonable convention, but am not sure if it would
be a universal one.
By existing conventions, I believe the difference between kamkantu and
kamselkantu is merely one of place structure order.
My own instincts probably match your convention: kamkantu for me is
quantumness - the property of quanta, whereas kamselkantu would be
quantizedness - the property of being quantized/quantable (to coin
several words - Goran is correct that English makes no difference in its
existing voacbulary, but it can fake it %^)
lojbab