Plu verba te defini

 

The project, Plu verba te defini, is a project to create the defining words for a much larger project, a Glosa dictionary in Glosa. Many dictionaries have a list of words called "defining words". The longman dictionary is an example.

 

This word list is started by using the sixty three semantic primes from the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (see the NSM home page for this, http://www.une.edu.au/lcl/nsm/index.php. )

 

At this point work can start on the full Glosa dictionary. Again, words should only be used from the defining list. When this is not possible, the necessary words will be added to the defining list and those words defined, etc.

 

All Glosa pe are welcome to modify or add to this list. Each definition should include a sample sentence using the word. The sentence should be in bold. Again, the sample sentence should use only words from the defining word list if possible. If you can't find an adequate word, pick words that are very basic to add to the defining list.

 

At the bottom of this page is a changelog where all persons who work on this page should record their name, what they added or changed, and the date. Also, if changes are made to an individual's previous entry, please note in the change log what the original was and why the change was made. The most recent changes should be noted at the top of the change log.

 

mi tu uno-pe plu-homi ra soma u-ci idem hetero mo bi no-poli panto mega for "much or many" boni kako or mali? mega for "big" mikro or pusi? forti puta logi or ski? volu este or sensi? oku or vide? audi dice verba veri akti or praxi? acide ki or kine or moti ? palpa es, es la or existe? habe vive morta tem nu pre po longi-tem brevi-tem no-poli tem kron loka ci supra infra or intra? tele proxi latu intra afia ne posi pote ka or kausa? si or postula? forti ma or major speci mero or de or mero de? homo

 

 

mi

tu

uno-pe

plu-homi

ra

soma

u-ci

idem

hetero

 

mo

bi

no-poli

This is currently disputable. Do prefixes make sense for a prime?

panto

mega for "much or many"

boni

kako or mali?

hmm, which one?

mega for "big"

This will cause a problem for nsm explications. This word covers two primes. Does "mega plu kani" mean "big dogs" or "many dogs"

mikro or pusi?

which one?

forti

puta

logi or ski?

which one?

volu

este or sensi?

oku or vide?

audi

dice

verba

veri

akti or praxi?

acide

ki or kine or moti ?

palpa

es, es la or existe?

habe

vive

morta

tem

nu

pre

po

longi-tem

brevi-tem

no-poli tem

kron

loka

ci

supra

infra or intra?

Is intra an error in the dictionary since it is also listed as inside?

tele

proxi

latu

intra

afia

ne

posi

pote

ka or kausa?

si or postula?

forti

"very" is listed twice in the NSM. Are there really two primes here? One is listed as an intensifier and one an augmentor. Presumeably this implies "very" is a homophone in English for two meanings while not being so in other languages.

ma or major

speci

mero or de or mero de?

I'm at a loss here completely

homo

 

 

I suggest "es" since it is one of the oldest words in existence and thus very successful. It is in several languages more than latin and thus believed to be in the "Proto European" language.

 

 

30 april 2006

Bill Branch added "qantita"