[lojban-beginners] What actually are the rules of word formation?

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When I first learned about loglan/lojban I thought all words were of the form `CVCCV` or `CCVCV`, and compound words (lujvo) were always `(CVC|CCV)...CV`. I knew names had more flexibility. Later I learned that borrowed words did too. Even later I learned that compound words too had more flexible rules, e.g. hypen letters. And finally in the end, starring me in the face, it dawned on me that even simple words like `brivla` did not fit the original formations.

After reading a fair bit, I find myself more confused than ever. Are there any single set of definitive rules defining what and what isn't a legal lojban word?

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