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Re: [jboske] lo'e cinfo and lo'e -antelope



And Rosta scripsit:

> * How on earth would you say "Lions have four legs"? According to you,
> {lo'e cinfo cu se janbe be vo da} means "Exactly four things are legs of
> lions".

No, that's quite correct (reading "tuple" for "janbe").  But the da's
in question are, of course, typical lion-legs.  In general, the parts
of a lo'e are themselves going to be lo'e.  

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