[lojban-beginners] Re: zo nonce

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 6/22/05, Aleksej R. Serdyukov <deletesoftware@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Why isn't "nonce" listed in the dictionaries?

Because it's not a gismu, it's a (somewhat rare) English word. :)
It means "for the present occasion". So a nonce-word is a
word used just for the occasion.

> Does it mean "non"+"ce"?
> 
> If I create a word that really should be a standard lujvo, is it nonce?

If you create it just for the occasion and not meant to be a 
permanent word of the language, it is nonce.

> Should every occasion (or I think I forgot the correct word) of the word
>  be marked with {za'e}, or only the first one?

If you keep using it, it will stop being nonce and it will become
a part of the word stock of the language.

mu'o mi'e xorxes