[lojban-beginners] Re: Nick-cmevla

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 11/26/05, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Popular formatives are -i, -y, -ka or -d, depending on the language.

-chjo (male) and -njo (female) in Esperanto.
-ito/-ita are common in Spanish.
-inho/inha in Portuguese.

> I'm curious about the Lojbanic convention to do the same.

There is no convention yet. Shortening is always a possibility,
for example I sometimes call la camgusmis {camgus}.
Maybe you can add -dib (from {dirba}) for an affectionate
nickname: {do jinvi ma doi darvesydib}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes