[lojban-beginners] Re: rapidez

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

On Sunday 07 June 2009 06:06:36 tijlan wrote:
> Would it be useful if there were a gismu for "speed", for "ni sutra ju'e
> masno"?

What's wrong with "nilsutra"? There doesn't have to be a gismu for everything.

> If so, how would the Spanish "rapidez", as part of the etymology, be
> lojbanized? {rapizet}?

"rápido" is part of the etymology of "sutra", and is lojbanized as "rapid". 
The lojbanization of Spanish words is influenced by Portuguese; most 
obviously, the "o"->"ue" transformation in Spanish is undone.

Pierre