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[lojban-beginners] Re: lojbanization



Pierre:

> On Sunday 27 May 2007 13:05, komfo,amonan wrote:
> > On 5/27/07, zimmah <zimmah@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > can anyone tell me what would be the best lojbanisation for the
names
> > > 'evelyne' (pronounced a bit like e-veh-leen) and 'zimri'
(pronounced like
> > > zim-ree in english)
> >
> > I would say { .Evelin. } and { zimrit. }, assuming the latter is
Semitic.
> > (If I need a final consonant, I tend to use 't'  for Semitic names
and 's'
> > for Indo-European names.) mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan

> I use 't' for Semitic feminine names, since 't' is a feminine suffix
in 
> Semitic and is also found in other Afro-Asiatic languages. For
masculine 
> names, I use 's' or 'x'. All the Zimris I found in the Bible are men,
> except 
> the one in Jeremiah, which is a place.

  I would think that 'n' would be a stronger masculine final consonant
in Hebrew names -- Aaron (a'aron), Samson (cimcon), Machlon (maxlon),
Chilyon (xilion), Reuben (ruvein), Simeon (cimon), Zebulun (zevulun),
Dan (dan), Gideon (gidion), etc.

                 --gejyspa (mordexais a'aron ben shimon ya'akov)