Date:         Tue, 20 May 1997 17:33:15 -0600
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From:         Mark Vines <vinesm@WHOLEFOODS.COM>
Subject:      CPE: wet-nurse
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coidoi lobypli

le jvoste defines {verku'i} as wet-nurse, but I strongly
feel that a better definition for {verku'i} would be
nanny or babysitter*.  After all, many - probably most -
{verba} have already been weaned.  So how should we say
"wet-nurse" in Lojban?

* ta'o:  (The English word "babysitter" is used even
when the child to be cared for is no longer a baby; &
even when the caretaker does not sit down.)

ta'onai:  ("wet-nurse")

Earlier today I suggested {cifku'i} or {ladydu'a cifku'i}
for wet-nurse.

Since then I have thought of other possibilities, such
as {remladydu'a} or {sezladydu'a}, or - more explicitly -
{remladydu'a cifku'i} or {sezladydu'a cifku'i}.

If anyone has an alternative suggestion, or a comment on
a suggestion I have made, please post it to the list.

co'omi'e markl.