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From Lojban to English :
Word: nulpa'a [jbovlaste]
Type: lujvo
Gloss Word: expect
Gloss Word: see in the sense of "expect"
Definition: p1 expects/looks for the occurence of p2 (event), expected
likelihood p3 (0-1); p1 subjectively evaluates the likelihood
of p2 (event) to be p3.
Notes: The value of x3 is a subjective estimate of likeliness
according to x1, and is the basic determinant of whether
nulpa'a means something like "hope" or "wish" or "expect",
although nulpa'a never carries the connotation of desire; for
that connotation see pacna. nulpa'a with x3 not very close to
1 has no simple equivalent in English, but for objects/states
with negligible expectation it is something like "wishing"; if
the state is plausibly likely, it is something like "hoping".
In both cases, though, the English implication of emotional
desire is not present. The value will usually be expressed
using inexact numbers ("li piso'u" to "li piro");
not-necessarily desirous wish, not necessarily desirous hope.
See also ba'a, djica, pacna, lakne, cunso.