[lojban-beginners] Re: {caxmati}?

[Yoav Nir <yoav.nir@gmail.com>]

It's pronounced like {caxmat} in Hebrew also. That could be also  
derived from Russian, as chess was a game of Russian immigrants more  
than the other groups. Earlier Hebrew writings had a different name  
for the game, something like {ickuki}

The interesting thing is that the name is derived much like a lojban  
lujvo, from {cax} meaning king and {mat} meaning dead.

On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:00 PM, mungojelly@ixkey.info wrote:

> Quoting Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com>:
>
> > What does {caxmati} consist of?
>
> zo caxmati fukpyvalsi .i la uikipedias. cusku lu lo lojbo valsi po'u  
> zo caxmati cu se krasi lo rukybau gi'e se finti la pier. abat.  
> li'u .i ruskybangu .ua to la'e zoi zoi. Russian language .zoi toi
>
> mu'o mi'e la bret.