From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Fri May 12 11:12:10 1995 Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 09:26:38 -0400 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: Questions To: Bob LeChevalier Message-ID: <4CogbiiCalK.A.LgE.kt0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> la mark. cusku di'e > Is it really so? The "r" is used vocalically here, and is unambiguously > so, since "trs" is not a valid consonant cluster. Therefore the "r" must > be syllabic, and as such, according to the rule of da'amoi terbansa, it > would be TRSton. if not otherwise marked. Terbasna, please, not terbansa. Anyway, this is an unclear case, because normally stress does not fall on "y"s or syllabic consonants. "trston" does not have a clear stress, although (as Chris Bogart said) the natural stress would probably be "TRston". -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.