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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 04



Forget the previous message.  I hit SEND accidently.

> > On Friday 16 July 2010 10:57:41 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> > > Dried grapes are either raisins, sultanas or currants.  So a fu'ivla based
> > > on Vitis would be appropriatre for raisins, sultanas and currants which I
> > > think would be good enough for Alice.  Something like {sudga vtistivi}.
> > > (The lojban wiki seems to be down, and I don't remember the acceptable
> > > type 4 forms).
> > 
> > A word can't begin with "vt", and we don't need a fu'ivla for "grape"; 
>there's 
>
> 
> > already a lujvo, "vanjba".
> > 

Trouble is that the proposed {vanjba} is based on the gismu {vanji}.  But 
not all grapes are processed into wine.  In particular, the Corinth grapes 
that are dried to become currants are NEVER used to make wine.

totus