Re: the use of 'qod'

Hello!

The word QOD is okay according to the dictionary I’m using (“CENTRA= L GLOSA. 5000 English into Glosa 1000 with Etymological Notes”, 1993) :

WH= AT, THAT WHICH =3D QOD … WHICH … =3D QI

Xavi.

— In glosalist@yahoo= groups.com, “Kim” <kimesperanto@…> wrote:

Ave Glosa-pe!

I am try= ing to work out exactly what ‘qod’ means, comparing and contrasting it to ‘= qi’. It is not used in the “18 Steps” document. In the online dictionary,= it means “what (that which)”. I found 2 uses among Ashby/Clark documents:=

1. Plus, id sio evita excesi specializa per face mo verba akti qod = in Plu Palaeo Lingua gene face per tri alo ma. It would also steer clear= of over-specialization by making one word do what in natural languages i= s often [done] by three or more.

(from Paraleli Textu, Wendy Ashby & = Ronald Clark, =A9 GEO, 1993)

Here it is the object of the first phrase= ‘mo verba akti’, and the subject of coming verb ‘gene face’. It is sort o= f a relative pronoun, like ‘qi’, but larger than that.

1. “Mi ne es tu= , e ne ski; qod tu ski,” reakti Huitze, … “ “That I, not being you, d= o not know what you know,” replied Huitze…”

(from Piski Hedo, Wend= y Ashby & Ron Clark, =A9 GEO, 1994)

Here it is the direct object of ‘m= i … ne ski’, and the direct object of the coming ‘tu ski’.

So to me = it seems equivalent to ‘u-la; qi’ - that which. Thus we could have the equ= ivalent rewritings:

1a. Plus, id sio evita excesi specializa per face = mo verba akti u-la; qi in Plu Palaeo Lingua gene face per tri alo ma. =

2a. “Mi ne es tu, e ne ski u-la; qi tu ski,” reakti Huitze, …”

= Is that how you all understand qod’s meaning? Other thoughts?

(Note -= I realize 2a violates the rule in 18 Steps stating that ‘qi’ should be omi= tted in this case. please overlook so we can focus on the main point.)

= Gratia!! Kim