[lojban-beginners] Re: dicussions about basic vocabulary

[Einar Faanes <einar@bommelibom.com>]

søn, 27,.05.2007 kl. 14.29 +0100, skrev Vid Sintef:
> [...]
>  Toki Pona is even simpler than Lojban but therefore has to rely
> heavily on longer compound words to say even something like "ear" (BTW
> "ear" and "anus" share the word "lupa" because they share the property
> "hole"!), and eventually it becomes so wordy and impracticable if you
> do describe any complex matters. 
> [...]

Btw. "lupa" is in fact is the only of Toki Pona's 118 words which is
derived from lojban. It is derived from the lojbanic {clupa} (x1 is a
loop/circuit of x2). http://tokipona.org/etym.html

mu'o mi'e .emuzest.