[lojban-beginners] Re: rafsi and FAhA's

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 12 May 2006 11:47, c k wrote:
> coi rodo
>
>   I noticed that:
>
>   trixe rix ti'e  FAhA ti'a
>
>   Why didn't they make the rafsi for trixe simply {ti'a}?

The rafsi of a gismu consists of three letters from the gismu and possibly an 
apostrophe. There is no "a" in {trixe}.

{mupli} has two cmavo derived from it, {mu'a} and {mu'u}. Neither could be its 
rafsi.

{stuna} and {stici} begin with the same letter. So do their rafsi. Their cmavo 
{du'a} and {vu'a} don't, which is why the Lojban compass is marked B, N, D, 
V.

phma