Re: [lojban-beginners] .i zoi gy. gift gy. xe fanva ma la lojban (How do you say 'Gift' in lojban?)

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

  Of course, this whole discussion is somewhat mooted by the fact that Joanna does NOT mean "God's gift".  Not sure what source you got that from, but take it from someone who speaks Hebrew -- it is from the Hebrew Yochana, the feminine form of Yochanan (which became Johann in German, John in English, Juan in Spanish, etc), and means "God is gracious".

              --Gejyspa

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:

I'd say "ioxanat". If you translated every name that means "God's gift", then
Dorothy, Theodore, Godiva, Jonathan, and Bogdan would all come out the same.

Which is most of the reason I go by .aionys. :)

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mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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