Message-Id: <199510051719.NAA20875@locke.ccil.org>
Date:         Thu, 5 Oct 1995 12:50:00 LCL
Reply-To: BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM
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From: Paulo Barreto <BARRETO%VELAHF@ECCSA.TR.UNISYS.COM>
Subject:      Some questions on le'avla
To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Status: OR

coi

There are word lists for cmavo, gismu, lujvo, etc., but I haven't
found a le'avlaste anywhere. Is there something like that?

Also the "algorithm" to make le'avla is not very specific about
which consonant one should choose to begin the borrowing, which
vowel to end it, which form of the original word to take, and
even which gismu are most suitable to prefix it.

For instance, the word "jenmrxametista" was suggested for
"amethyst". Why an "x" at the beginning? Why the final "a"?

The Aesop's fable text contains some animal names, e.g.
"resprtestudine", "calkrdanlrkankre" (two prefixes!), and
"cipnrkorvo". Then the ablative singular forms of the latin words
"testudo", "cancer" and "corvus" were used in the le'avla.
Is there any special reason? (This rule would also explain the
final "a" in "jenmrxametista", and also suggest "jenmrxonike" or
"jenmrxonice" for "onyx").

Still on "calkrdanlrkankre". The gismu "jukni" is defined as
"x1 is a spider/arachnid/[crustacean/crab/lobster/non-insect
arthropod] of species/breed x2". Then why not "juknrkankre"?

By the way, is it possible to combine le'avla into lujvo, e.g.
"cipnrkorvyterbilma" (crow disease)?

ki'ecai co'o mi'e paulos.


    Paulo S. L. M. Barreto  --  Software Analyst  --  Unisys Brazil
    Standard disclaimer applies ("I do not speak for Unisys", etc.)
                       e'osai ko sarji la lojban.