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* '''manku kumfa'''?
** The words mean literally "dark room", but although a darkroom is a dark room, it is not a camera obscura.
* '''manku kacma'''?
{{gl|kacma|x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type x2 images to media x3}}
A camera obscura is a camera which, by direct optical means, displays its image rather than recording it. One translation is '''kacma fi zi'o'''.


This page is for anyone in the Lojban community who wants to help
* The [[lujvo]] for '''kacma fi zi'o''' is '''zilcibykacma'''
*[[jezrax]]:
**We don't need to make up Lojban words to exactly match English words. A camera obscura where you walk in and the image is projected on a wall could be a '''kumfa kacma''' (''room camera'') or a '''kacma je kumfa''' (''camera and room''). The kind used by artists to help in sketching could be a ''drawing aid'', and so on. There are many ways to say any given thing; choose one that says what you want.


the BPFK with the initial language description task.
=Common error=
Not '''kacma fi no da''' since that would be anything (such as a tree) which has nothing to record images on '''kacma fi noda'''!).


==  The Goal ==
See also [[discussion of kacma fi noda|discussion of '''kacma fi noda''']].
 
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somone who has never seen them before (although please don't include
 
descriptions of things common to many words; do not define
 
"attitudinal", for example).
 
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words seperated out for future use, and get some examples, but those
 
are somewhat secondary goals.
 
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across various documents, in case we decide to go with something
 
like
 
[http://teddyb.org/robin/tiki-index.php?page=Documentation+Standards+For+Lojban]
 
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hyperlink to another entry to appear if this was an online
 
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==  Templates ==
 
A finished cmavo looks something like this:
 
 
 
===  cmavo: xxx (SELMAHO) ===
 
====  Proposed Definition ====
 
Fun-times! Used to express fun-ness.
 
====  Proposed Tag ====
 
Awesome attitudinal.
 
====  See Also ====
 
* {XYY}
* {XYZ}
 
* {GISMU}
 
====  Proposed Keywords ====
 
* whatever
* shyeah-right!
 
====  Usage Examples ====
 
;xxx mi klama:"Whatever!  I'm going."
 
====  Notes ====
 
This cmavo is different from {XYY}, because {XYY} allows for the piano-eating duties to be split.
 
====  Issues ====
 
This cmavo is completely non-standard, but ''very'' common in actual usage.  We could resolve this by allowing it, or not.
 
{BOX}
 
...
 
===  General Section Issues ===
 
All attitudinal modifiers are weird.
 
{BOX}
 
The raw markup for that is this:
 
 
~pp~
 
 
===  cmavo: xxx (SELMAHO) ===
 
====  Proposed Definition ====
 
Fun-times! Used to express fun-ness.
 
====  Proposed Tag ====
 
Awesome attitudinal.
 
====  See Also ====
 
* {XYY}
* {XYZ}
 
* {GISMU}
 
====  Proposed Keywords ====
 
* whatever
* shyeah-right!
 
====  Usage Examples ====
 
;xxx mi klama:"Whatever!  I'm going."
 
====  Notes ====
 
This cmavo is different from {XYY}, because {XYY} allows for the piano-eating duties to be split.
 
====  Issues ====
 
This cmavo is completely non-standard, but ''very'' common
 
in actual usage.  We could resolve this by allowing it, or not.
 
{BOX}
 
...
 
===  General Section Issues ===
 
All attitudinal modifiers are weird.

Latest revision as of 08:58, 3 October 2014

  • manku kumfa?
    • The words mean literally "dark room", but although a darkroom is a dark room, it is not a camera obscura.
  • manku kacma?
kacma = x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type x2 images to media x3

A camera obscura is a camera which, by direct optical means, displays its image rather than recording it. One translation is kacma fi zi'o.

  • The lujvo for kacma fi zi'o is zilcibykacma
  • jezrax:
    • We don't need to make up Lojban words to exactly match English words. A camera obscura where you walk in and the image is projected on a wall could be a kumfa kacma (room camera) or a kacma je kumfa (camera and room). The kind used by artists to help in sketching could be a drawing aid, and so on. There are many ways to say any given thing; choose one that says what you want.

Common error

Not kacma fi no da since that would be anything (such as a tree) which has nothing to record images on kacma fi noda!).

See also discussion of kacma fi noda.

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