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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>
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On Tuesday 07 October 2003 11:22, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> la pier cusku di'e
>
> > It's an Indian word. la mo'andas. du la ma'atman.
>
> But isn't Mahatma a title, like Dalai Lama? If we
> don't say {la lord} or {la doktor}, we shouldn't really
> say {la ma'atman}. Both {ma'atma} and {mo'anda} are
> valid fu'ivla.

If there is more than one Mahatma, or there's an office of Mahatma distinct 
from Mohandas who occupied it, and even if there isn't, we can say {lo me la 
ma'atman}. That's a type-2 fu'ivla.

phma
-- 
.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.