vehicles terminology

(The idea for such a page came after a discussion about how to translate "bicycle" and a kind of provocation I made that motor vehicles have been preferred in the gismu collection, hence introducing a cultural bias in Lojban. -- jexOm.)

-=gismu=-

||bloti|lot|blo|lo'i|boat|x1 is a boat/ship/vessel (vehicle) for carrying x2, propelled by x3

carce| | | |cart|x1 is a cart/carriage/wagon (wheeled vehicle) for carrying x2, propelled by x3

jakne| | | |rocket|x1 is a rocket (vehicle) propelled by jet expelling x2 carrying payload x3

karce| | | |car|x1 is a car/automobile/truck/van (a wheeled motor vehicle) for carrying x2, propelled by x3

marce| | |ma'e|vehicle|x1 is a vehicle/mode of transport carrying x2 in/on surface/medium x3, propelled by x4

matra| | | |motor|x1 is a motor/engine, driving/propelling/providing power to x2

trene|ren| |re'e|train|x1 is a train (vehicle) of cars/units x2 (mass) for rails/system/railroad x3, propelled by x4||

notes on trene: a railed vehicle or train of vehicles; also subway (tu'unre'e), metro, trolley, tramway (= lajre'e), roller coaster; monorail (= dadre'e); cable car, sky car, ski lift (= cildadre'e)

-=noralujv=-

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bevma'e|bevri+marce|loaded vehicle; e.g. truck|x1 = marce1 (vehicle) = bevri1 (carry), x2 = marce2 (cargo) = bevri2 (carrier), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)

cibyselxi'u velprevelma'e|ci+se+xislu ve+prenu+ve+marce|three-wheeled bicycle

cucma'e|cutci+marce|skate, rollerskate, etc.|x1 = cutci1 (shoe) = marce1 (vehicle), x2 = cutci2 (shod) = marce2 (cargo), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)

nalmatryma'e|na'e+matra+marce|unmotorised vehicle|x1 = marce1 (vehicle), x2 = marce2 (cargo), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)

velprevelma'e|ve+prenu+ve+marce|human-powered vehicle (e.g. bicycle, rickshaw)|x1 = marce1 (vehicle), x2 = marce2 (cargo), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = prenu1 (person) = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)

velrelprevelma'e|ve+re+prenu+ve+marce|tandem bicycle|x1 = prenu1 (person) = marce4 (vehicle propulsion), x2 = marce2 (cargo), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = marce1 (vehicle)

relxilma'e|re+xislu+marce|bicycle, motorbike|x1 = marce1 (vehicle), x2 = marce2 (cargo), x3 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x4 = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)

sorprema'e|so'i+prenu+marce|mass transit vehicle|x1 = marce1 (vehicle), x2 = marce3 (medium for vehicle), x3 = marce4 (vehicle propulsion)||