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* xoi'a? [PU]: increasing linearly over time
* la papri xoi'a pelxu: The page is yellowing.
* xoi'e? [PU]: exponential increasing
* do xoi'e lojbo certu: You're learning Lojban at an exponential
rate.
I proposed {piza'ure'u} and {pime'ire'u} for increasing and
decreasing.
The argument is as follows:
1- <n>-roi, with integer, <n> says that the event happens <n> times,
or instances.
2- With fractional <n>, <n>-roi must refer to a fraction of an
instance.
This is different from saying that the event happens in a fraction
of an interval. For example, to say that the horse has been running
for half of an hour, we say:
le xirma cu bajra ze'a lo cacra be li pimu
The horse runs for half an hour.
and not
le xirma cu bajra pimuroi lo cacra
The horse runs half-instance in an hour.
Also,
le xirma cu pimuroi bajra ze'a lo cacra
The horse half-run for an hour.
I think fractional roi then can be interpreted if not exactly
as a fuzzy logic function, as something very similar.
3- <n>-re'u for integer <n> gives the nth instance of an event.
Similarly we can say that fractional re'u gives the n-th stage
of one instance, as it becomes an instance. Then {piso'ure'u}
will be similar to {co'a}. The difference being that whereas
{co'a} marks a sharp transition from 0 to 1, {piso'ure'u} would
mark the initial stages. {pirore'u} is similar to {mo'u} in the
same way.
4- Then as {za'ure'u} indicates an additional instance,
{piza'ure'u} can indicate an additional increment in the formation
of an instance, and then {pime'ire'u} would analogously give
a decrement:
le xirma cu pime'ire'u bajra
The horse is running less.
Comments?
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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