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Subject: Chemical elements proposal (longish)
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 14:12:56 EDT
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The following list is a proposal for Lojban chemical element
nomenclature.  The international chemical symbol is given with a
corresponding Lojban name and either a gismu (where one exists)
or a lea'vla built on the name plus the gismu "xukmi", chemical.
English names are given only where needed for clarity. 

An earlier version of this list, prepared by lojbab., appeared in UL2.
ki'e.  This list differs from his partly because the language has changed,
and also because I have placed more emphasis on abstracting an international
pronunciation and less on preserving the symbol-to-name relationship.

Symbol	Lojban Name	lea'vla		gismu		English name
------	------ ----	-------		-----		------- ----

Ac	aktinium.	xukrnactini
Ag	.argentum.			rijno		silver
Al	.aluminium.	xukrnalumini
Am	.americium.	xukrnamerici
Ar	.argon.		xukrnargoni
As	.arsenik.	xukrnarseniki
At	.astatin.	xukrnastatini
Au	.aurum.				solji		gold
B	boron.		xukrboroni
Ba	barium.		xukrbari
Be	berilium.	xukrberili
Bi	bismut.		xukrbismuti
Bk	berkelium.	xukrberkeli
Br	bromin.		xukrbromini
C	karbon.				tabno
Ca	kalcium.	xukrkalci
Cd	kadmium.	xukrkadmi
Ce	cerium.		xukrceri
Cf	kalifornium.	xukrkaliforni
Cl	klorin.				kliru
Cm	kurium.		xukrkuri
Co	kobalt.		xukrkobalti
Cr	kromium.			romge
Cs	cesium.		xukrcesi
Cu	kuprum.				tunka		copper
Dy	disprosium.	xukrdisprosi
Er	.erbium.	xukrnerbi
Es	.ainstainium.	xukrnainstaini			einsteinium
Eu	.e'uropium.	xukrne'uropi
Fe	ferum.				tirse		iron
Fl	flu'orin.	xukrflu'orini
Fm	fermium.	xukrfermi
Fr	francium.	xukrfranci
Ga	galium.		xukrgali
Gd	gadolinium.	xukrgadolini
Ge	germanium.	xukrgermani
H	xydrogen.			cidro
He	xelium.		xukrxeli
Hf	xafnium.	xukrxafni
Hg	xidrargirum.			margu		mercury
Ho	xolmium.	xukrxolmi
I	.i'odin.	xukrni'odini
In	.indium.	xukrnindi
Ir	.iridium.	xukrniridi
K	kalium.		xukrkali
Kr	kripton.	xukrkriptoni
La	lyntanum.	xukrlantanumi
Li	litium.		xukrliti
Lr	laurencium.	xukrlaurenci
Lu	lutetium.	xukrluteti
Md	mendelevium.	xukrmendelevi
Mg	magnesium.	xukrmagnesi
Mn	manganes.	xukrmanganesi
Mo	molibydenum.	xukrmolibidenumi
N	nitrogen.			trano
Na	natrium.			sodna		sodium
Nb	ni'obium.	xukrni'obi
Nd	ne'odimium.	xukrne'odimi
Ne	ne'on.				navni
Ni	nikel.				nikle
No	nobelium.	xukrnobeli
Np	neptunium.	xukrneptuni
O	.oksigen.			kijno		oxygen
Os	.osmium.	xukrnosmi
P	posporus.	xukrposporusi
Pa	protaktinium.	xukrprotaktini
Pb	plumbum.			cnisa		lead
Pd	paladium.	xukrpaladi
Pl	platinum.	xukrplatinumi
Pm	prometium.	xukrprometi
Po	polonium.	xukrpoloni
Pr	prase'odimium.	xukrprase'odimi
Pu	plutonium.	xukrplutoni
Ra	radium.		xuknradi
Rb	rubidium.	xuknrubidi
Re	renium.		xuknreni
Rh	rodium.		xuknrodi
Rn	radon.		xuknradoni
Ru	rutenium.	xuknruteni
S	sulfur.				sliri
Sb	stibium.	xukrstibi			antimony
Sc	skandium.	xukrskandi
Se	selenium.	xukrseleni
Si	silikon.	xukrsilikoni
Sm	samarium.	xukrsamari
Sn	stanum.				tinci		tin
Sr	styrontium.	xukrstironti
Ta	tantalum.	xukrtantalumi
Tb	terbium.	xukrterbi
Tc	teknetium.	xukrtekneti
Te	telurium.	xukrteluri
Th	torium.		xukrtori
Ti	titanium.	xukrtitani
Tl	talium.		xukrtali
Tm	tulium.		xukrtuli
U	.uranium.	xukrnurani
V	vanadium.	xukrvanadi
W	volfram.	xukrvolframi			tungsten
Xe	xenon.		xukrxenoni
Y	.itrium.	xukrnitri
Yb	.iterbium.	xukrniterbi
Zn	zink.				zinki
Zr	zirkonium.	xukrzirkoni

Notes:

1) The Lojbanizing of names is normally based on pronunciation, but the
international names of chemical elements do not have internationally
agreed-on pronunciations.  Therefore, the following systematic changes have
been made:

	international "c" is changed to "k", except in "ci" and "ce";
	international final "e" is dropped;
	international "ch", "ph", "rh", "th" are changed to "k", "p", "r", "t";
	international "h" is changed to "x";
	international "la" is changed to "ly" in the name only;
	international "w" is changed to "v" initially and "u" otherwise;
	international "x" is changed to "ks" except initially;
	international "y" is changed to "i";
	Lojban "'" has been inserted as needed into international diphthongs.

2) Einsteinium's name is based on that of Einstein, which Lojbanizes as
.ainstain.

3) Molybdenum contains an impermissible medial "bd", into which I have inserted
a "y" hyphen. 

4) Strontium begins with a consonant triple, which is legal in names;
however, I have inserted a hyphen here also to ease pronunciation.

5) The name-to-lea'vla algorithm is as follows:
	Change any "ly" back to "la".
	Change any other "y" hyphen to "i".
	If the name ends in "-ium", remove the "-um" leaving "-i";
		otherwise, add "-i".
	Then attach a prefix signifying "chemical":
		"xukrn-" if the name begins with a vowel;
		"xukn-" if the name begins with "r";
		"xukr-" otherwise.

6) Remember that in Lojban the ending "-ium" is pronounced as a single
syllable, roughly "yoom".