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1 definition found
From Lojban to English :

        Word: ju'u'i [jbovlaste]
        Type: experimental cmavo (YOU RISK BEING MISUNDERSTOOD IF YOU USE THIS WORD)
  Gloss Word: long-digit interpretation specifier
  Gloss Word: macrodigit named base specifier
     selma'o: JUhUhI
  Definition: long-digit interpretation specifier; macrodigit named base
       specifier
       Notes: When a string of multiple digits is on either side of pi'e,
       the string is to be interpreted as a single "macrodigit" in the
       longer numeric string; let the digits that compose it be called
       "microdigits" for clarity. By default, the macrodigit is
       interpreted as being written/expressed in some cultural or
       grammatical default (this default is overridden by ju'au if
       its specifying sumti requires an alternative interpretation for
       the value of the macrodigits), probably decimal- the
       interpretation of the string of microdigits produces a number,
       x; the "pi'e" implies the denominator to be used in
       determining the fraction for which x is in the numerator and
       context or possibly a specified base determines its value- in
       timekeeping, the interpretation is typically x/60 for certain
       macrodigits. However, the default for determining the value of
       x given a string of microdigits might be useful to override
       (for example, Tsohnai uses an overall factorial base but each
       macrodigit is written in balanced quinary); this word specifies
       the base used for interpreting the macrodigit from a string of
       microdigits. It is placed at the end of the string (possibly
       before the next "pi'e") and its scope of effect extends from
       there, through the string of microdigits, to either the
       beginning of the number as a whole or the most recent "pi'e"
       (whichsoever was more recently uttered). It is to be followed
       by a sumti (or multiple sumti strung together by connectives)
       and has its scope of specification terminate with that sumti;
       in this regard, it works syntactically and semantically exactly
       like ju'au. In fact, ju'au can be used outside of the
       number in order to specify the macrodigit interpretation
       instead of this word (for example, if its sumti were la
       .tsonais., this word would not be needed); however, if only a
       sequence were to have been given as the argument of ju'au
       (such as the factorial sequence) and if some base other than
       decimal were desired for the interpretation of each macrodigit
       from the string of microdigits, then this word would be used.
       If only one macrodigit appears in the number, then this word is
       equivalent to ju'au. In short, the scope of this word is one
       contiguous string of microdigits, and it influences their
       interpretation into a macrodigit value in the same way that
       ju'au does. However, if both ju'au and this word specify
       how to interpret a given string of microdigits in the same
       number (composed of macrodigits), this word overrides the
       interpretation specified by ju'au (but only for this
       macrodigit); thus, for example, a Tsohnai number can have each
       of its macrodigits be interpreted in balanced quinary except
       one, which the speaker specifies via this word, because they
       know the value but did not want to convert it to balanced
       quinary (because it may be too large or hard to do so easily),
       so they instead expressed it in decimal.

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