From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Nov 12 19:52:11 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L0TFb-000336-Ea for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:52:11 -0800 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L0TFY-00032u-Ce for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:52:11 -0800 Received: from chausie ([71.75.215.96]) by cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20081113035201.VNWM24109.cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com@chausie> for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:52:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id F422734C1 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:52:00 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: A priest, a rabbi and an Indian chief walk into a bar... Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:51:58 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <71550650811111530v3febc4a1t30b7f69427cdbde1@mail.gmail.com> <96f789a60811120838l1e9df762n805d661bd819a04d@mail.gmail.com> <702226df0811121336m52a52dd1gf8d08e9e2715ba2c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <702226df0811121336m52a52dd1gf8d08e9e2715ba2c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811122251.58790.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 1022 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Wednesday 12 November 2008 16:36:46 Jon "Top Hat" Jones wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Michael Turniansky > > wrote: > > Personally, I would have used broctu or brogi'a (which would be > > distinct from the cohen, brori'ija'a, or soemthing along those lines), > > but that's just the opinion of this Orthodox Jew. Although you do > > have a point about the universality of the borrowing. If you do want > > to go with the fu'ivla, Pierre's ravboni is good (since it does > > hearken back to the Aramaic rabban). > > > > --gejyspa > > Do we not have words to make a lujvo meaning Jewish-priest? A cohen is a priest. A rabbi may or may not be a priest, and may or may not be a preacher (some rabbis are food inspectors and certify food as kosher). And we don't have a gismu or lujvo in jbovlaste for "priest". phma