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

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 12 November 2008 16:36:46 Jon "Top Hat" Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Michael Turniansky
>
> <mturniansky@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Personally, I would have used broctu or brogi'a (which would be
> > distinct from the cohen, brori'ija'a, or soemthing along those lines),
> > but that's just the opinion of this Orthodox Jew.  Although you do
> > have a point about the universality of the borrowing. If you do want
> > to go with the fu'ivla, Pierre's ravboni is good (since it does
> > hearken back to the Aramaic rabban).
> >
> >                    --gejyspa
>
> Do we not have words to make a lujvo meaning Jewish-priest?

A cohen is a priest. A rabbi may or may not be a priest, and may or may not be 
a preacher (some rabbis are food inspectors and certify food as kosher). And 
we don't have a gismu or lujvo in jbovlaste for "priest".

phma