Re: [lojban-beginners] How to say 'spork'?

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

A fu'ivla made of Lojban words is called a zi'evla.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:28 PM, <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:

Il giorno , iesk <pa.fae@gmx.de> ha scritto:

> I like sporks. As I habitually eat my food with a spork (portmanteau
> of 'spoon' and 'fork'), I seriously zo'o need a word for 'spork'.

I'd go with {mucfro}, I understand your adding {joi} but I like short words too.

> ucfo: x1 is a spork/combined spoon and fork for use x2 (etym.: from
> '[sm]uc[i joi] fo[rca])

It sounds odd to have a fu'ivla for borrowing a word from Lojban itself! :)

What about borrowing it as a cmevla? {.spork.}

{mi citka sepi'o lomela .spork.}

remod

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