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Re: [jboske] The ugly head of ni



On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 pycyn@hidden.email wrote:

> In a message dated 11/3/2002 2:41:26 PM Central Standard Time,
> xod@hidden.email writes:
> <<
> > It seems we're down to two uses of ni: ni + ce'u, used for counting the
> > valid sumti in a tergi'u, and ni without any ce'u, which is like jei, but
> > not restricted to [0, 1].
> >>
> But that is not what {ni} + {ce'u} does -- well any case that anyone has
> presented so far as I can find, thought it is a possibility for something
> like "is numerous," I suppose.



What is not what ni + ce'u does?



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