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[lojban-beginners] Re: fu'ivla, lebvla, le'avla



On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:56 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the word list, "le'avla" is used to explain such words as "na'u"
> and "klerafsi". There is also "lebvla", as in "gimlebvla". "lebvla"
> itself is defined as "loan word", which is what "fu'ivla" supposedly
> means too.
>
> Do they really have the same meaning? If so, which one of them is more
> preferable?

"fu'ivla" is the preferred form.  "le'avla" was the original coinage,
but it was thought to be a it malglico, since the lender language
doesn't really lose the ability to keep using its word, as "lebna"
would suggest.

mu'o mi'e xorxes