Springs and suspension.

[la .lindar.]

I found myself trying to translate "...affects the suspension." (regarding a vehicle) and came across a few problems.

1. There's no word for "spring" or "shock absorber".

2. There's no word for "suspension" for either sense.

3. In looking for words I found that {jenca} is completely unclear as to what it actually means. Shock like "How shocking!" or shock like *thump*?

So... help? Specifically I need "suspension" like "My car's suspension...".

[John E Clifford]

Sorry, we're computer geeks, not car geeks.  {jenca} is probably bzzzzap.

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[Jorge Llambías]

"pruni"?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

[la .lindar.]

"pruni"?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

Ooooooooooohhhhh....

How use in the sense I want? 

[Pierre Abbat]

"spring" is "punkro". For "suspension", I'm thinking "velsraca'a", but I'm not
sure, since x3 of "cabra" is the operator, and a suspension, unlike a car,
just does its work without being operated.

Pierre
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li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa

[Jacob Errington]

{minji} claims to be an "automated apparatus". Does that make it an operatorless cabra ? I'd think so. I think that our natlang bias is making us think that {minji} refers only to machines in a more traditional sense.

Also, I thought that {sarji} was more for a human sort of relationship of support, somewhat like sidju. Maybe zbepi ? zbepi fi lo pruni, in particular ?

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

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[la .lindar.]

Yeah, I wanted {velsrami'i}. Could somebody be a doll and add all of these lovely words to JVS?

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You all have been super awesome in helping me out and supporting more creative projects lately. I really appreciate that!