[lojban-beginners] Re: First Complex Lujvo

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Travis Garris <ptg_thug@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So wanted to make the Lojban equivilant of "caver".  I
> started with "mi zbasu kevna cmana".  I don't know if
> cmana is appropriate in x3.  It is supposed to mean,
> "I make caves in mountains".

It says "I'm a maker cave mountain". You want
{mi zbasu lo'e kevna be lo'e cmana} for "I make caves 
in mountains", or {mi cmana kevna zbasu} for 
"I'm a mountain-cave maker".
 
> Provided that cmana is the best choice (and for that
> matter, that zbasu is better than the Lojban for
> "dig"), I tried to create a lujvo:  "zbakevma'a".
> 
> Is that legal?  Does it make sense?  Is there a better
> way to do it?

The lujvo is correct for your tanru. From {cmana kevna zbasu} 
you get the lujvo {ma'arkevzba}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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