[lojban-beginners] Articles to Refer to Words Themselves

[Travis Garris <thgarris@nc.rr.com>]

I'm baffled as to which articles, or abstractions, I would use to 
specify a word itself, and not its meaning.  For example, "Bye is a 
short form of goodbye."  The example I was using at the time was {vol 
rafsi volfi}.  That starts to look like a tanru, so I tried to put 
something in to break up rafsi and volfi.  Only think I could come up 
with is {vol rafsi zo volfi}.  That borrows from (now optional) English 
grammar rules.  I'm sure it gets the point across, but I'm sure there is 
a better way to do it.

Ideas?

Travis Garris
Durham, NC, US