From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Apr 15 09:05:51 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hd7Ed-0002FQ-4P for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:51 -0700 Received: from web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.193]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Hd7Ea-0002FI-Ll for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:50 -0700 Received: (qmail 62464 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Apr 2007 16:05:42 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=Wi/QbNdYK1BJHeiQQq+eDpxfrYXd7ozjQ/Q5TSGu2fXefXEd1+3uMdD54OBPqZ20VcquRHK5CSEFBPiUS5U4JNj7kKPnoFwfLaPPpmfceI4ojXof1T7L3lgoPJM1ezMcz4MOwuhoxKWbAS90OEuaBfEefbiPHXOw6xNw3nFjpTQ=; X-YMail-OSG: AZF8rPoVM1kRtzJ2.6jRallJYEmT0D7rsRjnT8ZQPhRHsKF4 Received: from [74.96.97.233] by web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:41 PDT Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:05:41 -0700 (PDT) From: ANDREW PIEKARSKI Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Vocabulary To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii Message-ID: <987070.60840.qm@web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Score-Int: -6 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 4253 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: totus@rogers.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners This is all beginning to look very secretive, Matt. - What are the rules for constructing new cmevla (e.g. kadnygug)? - Can anybody submit a new cmevla? - Can anybody submit a new lujvo? - Who has the authority to vote? - How long does it take? I will have questions on specifc words, but it would help if I understood the process of words entering the language first. mu'o mi'e .andrus. ----- Original Message ---- From: Matt Arnold To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:27:43 AM Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Vocabulary By enough people voting on it, who have the authority to do so. Few do, and of those, few vote. -Matt On 4/15/07, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote: > > OK, but I've not been able to find cmevla "kadnygug" in any dictionary or > word list. Does that mean anybody can make cmevla when they feel like it? > If yes, what are the rules for doing it? > > For that matter, I can't find lujvo "kadnygu'e" either. Now, the rules for > constructing lujvo seem to be clear, except for the business of how a lujvo > becomes official and gets into jbovlaste. So how does a newly constructed > lujvo become official? > > mu'o mi'e .andrus. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "komfo,amonan" > To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:47:50 PM > Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Now what? > > On 4/12/07, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote: > > > > > > > > > Great! Thanks to your collective efforts, I think I now understand why > le, lo and la kandygu'e can be ok.........however, what about "la kadnygug. > cu lamji la mergug" ? Surely "kadnygug" is not valid. Doesn't CLL state > that a CVC rafsi cannot be at the end of a word? > > > > - Andrew > > > A CVC rafsi cannot appear at the end of a *lujvo*; all lujvo are brivla, and > all brivla must end in a vowel. "kadnygug." is a cmevla, built out of rafsi > to signal its meaning to the listener. But one could certainly name one's > pet capybara "kadnygug." just as one could name him "Canada". mu'o mi'e > komfo,amonan > > >