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[lojban-beginners] Re: A priest, a rabbi and an Indian chief walk into a bar...



On Wednesday 12 November 2008 08:58:29 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Yoav Nir <yoav.nir@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I understand that I can't use "rabi" as a type-4 fu'ivla
> > because it falls apart "the think we mentioned before + 8".
>
> Right. You need a consonant cluster to hold it together. You could try
> "rabvi" or "ravbi" if you don't mind unofficial gismu.

I don't think that the concept warrants a gismu, even an unofficial one. Some 
languages stick an "n" in the word, so how about "ravbino" or "ravboni"?

Pierre