[lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2009/9/14 Michael Eaton <michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk>:
> From a purely practical standpoint, as opposed to a linguistic one, surely
> something that could be shouted loudly and quickly, ideally a single
> syllable, would be preferable. {ckape} would be a good, if overly dramatic,
> choice.

"Watch out!" in Japanese is usually "Abunai!", which is an exact
equivalent of {ckape}, with 3 syllables. So i wouldn't consider
{ckape} overly dramatic.