[lojban-beginners] Re: Hungary??

["Newton, Philip" <Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de>]

la xorxes cu cusku di'e
> On 8/23/05, Newton, Philip <Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de> wrote:
> > la xorxes cu cusku di'e
> > > cultural gismu all end in "o"
> > 
> > I noticed this, too -- but is this a rule, a tradition, or merely
> > coincidence?
> 
> It's not a coincidence, they were made that way on purpose.

ki'e .xorxes.

> I prefer to maintain the rule/tradition
> of final "o". It's a good hint that the new word is a cultural word.

I see.

> "o" is the least frequent final vowel in gismu, BTW. 

Interesting; I didn't know that.

> > For example, could there be a cultural gismu {malta} 
> > related to Malta? (Or {malti}, which is Maltese for
> > the adjective "Maltese"?) Or would it have to be
> > {malto}, if anything?
> 
> I'd go with {malto}.

Thanks.

mu'o mi'e .filip.