[lojban-beginners] Re: Jedi Master

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

On Tuesday 08 September 2009 06:50:25 Johan Pretorius wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Herc and I have been wondering, how would one say "Jedi Master"?
>
> The dictionary claims noljedai to be defined as "x1 is a Jedi of power /
> level / rank x2"
>
> However, nol is a rafsi for nobli, which seems to be the closest word we
> have for "master" in Lojban, so effectively noljedai already means "Jedi
> Master"?
>
> Or would one say "nobli noljedai"?
>
> This is me asking about words that will get my colleagues interested :-)

"noljedai" is a type-4 fu'ivla, so what "nol" is a rafsi of is irrelevant. 
So "nobli noljedai" is like "matching matchcoats". A type-3 fu'ivla consists 
of a rafsi ending in a consonant, a hyphen-letter "r" or "n" or "l", and a 
part of foreign origin beginning with a consonant and ending with a vowel.

Pierre