[lojban-beginners] Re: Vocabulary

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

On Sunday 15 April 2007 12:05, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote:
> This is all beginning to look very secretive, Matt.
>
> - What are the rules for constructing new cmevla (e.g. kadnygug)?
> - Can anybody submit a new cmevla?
> - Can anybody submit a new lujvo?
> - Who has the authority to vote?
> - How long does it take?

Anybody with an account on jbovlaste can vote for a word in jbovlaste. To get 
an account, email Robin.

Anybody with an account can enter a word. Jbovlaste checks the word for 
validity, currently using vlatai, which comes with jbofi'e and calls some 
valid words {e.g. damskrima} invalid because of RRC's interpretation of the 
word rules.

Words in jbovlaste that aren't in the official gimste, ma'oste, or CLL aren't 
official, but people do use them.

The rules for constructing cmevla and fu'ivla, other than well-formedness, are 
subjective and sometimes result in variants. Examples:
Tibet is called both {pyd} and {bod}. Both are from the Tibetan spelling 
(the "d" is silent) but {pyd} uses the modern pronunciation and {bod} the 
ancient. ("Tibet" is from Chinese "tu bod" or the like, where "tu" is an 
etymon of {dertu} and {tumla}.)
A manatee is both {trixexu} and {trixexo}. Both are from the genus name 
Trichechus; what to do with Latin "-us" is a matter of taste.

I once proposed three words for "sesame" at the same time: {simsimu}, 
{xonxoli}, and {jerjelino}. All are in jbovlaste for anyone to vote on.

Sometimes I come up with a word, but am not sure of its place structure.

Pierre