[lojban-beginners] Re: Vocabulary

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 05:58:12AM -0700, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote:
> OK, but I've not been able to find cmevla  "kadnygug" in any
> dictionary or word list. 

No-one's bothered to coin it before.

> Does that mean anybody can make cmevla when they feel like it?  

Yes.  As I said before, it's not a question of who is "allowed" to,
but of how broadly understood you will be.  In this case, I can't
imagine anyone failing to understand you.

> For that matter, I can't find lujvo "kadnygu'e" either.  Now, the
> rules for constructing lujvo seem to be clear, except for the
> business of how a lujvo becomes official and gets into jbovlaste.

You seem to be confusing "entry into jbovlaste" with "official".
There is no such thing as an official lujvo (yet; maybe some day
there will be a printed dictionary with them, but not today);
jbovlaste is a community project that is treated as central, but
there is no particular official-ness to it.

> So how does a newly constructed lujvo become official?

It doesn't; see above.

If what you meant to ask was "So how does a newly constructed lujvo
get into jbovlaste?", the answer is:

Someone with jbovlaste write access adds it.

-Robin