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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] .i zoi gy. gift gy. xe fanva ma la lojban (How
 do you say 'Gift' in lojban?)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 14:26:57 -0400
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On Saturday, May 17, 2014 06:29:02 aquarius7373@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not sure if I got that question right, I just watched the YT video on
> it.
> 
> I'm trying to translate Joanna into lojban.
> Joanna means 'God's gift', and God is cevni cev cei. What's gift?
> 
> Also, as an example, if I use dunda as gift, would the name be ceidu'a?
> Wouldn't that be God giver?

I'd say "ioxanat". If you translated every name that means "God's gift", then 
Dorothy, Theodore, Godiva, Jonathan, and Bogdan would all come out the same.

Pierre
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