[lojban-beginners] Re: distinction between gismu & cmavo

["Karl Naylor" <karl.org@gmail.com>]

On 20/05/07, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:

> But why are those cmavos like {mi} listed on the gismu list, then?

I wondered about that too.  The impression I got is that certain cmavo
that have semantic meanings (as opposed to affecting the grammar only)
have been included in the gismu list so that one can search for them
there.  However, I could be wrong.  If we're lucky we may get an
answer from somebody who knows for sure :)

In any case, as you probably know, you can recognise a gismu by its
length and consonant/vowel composition: all gismu are of the form
CVCCV or CCVCV, and no non-gismu words are.