Re: [lojban] dictionary - which words?

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Pierre Abbat scripsit:
> ctelr zei xasybakni is a Steller-sea cow, as opposed to a Steller sea-cow. I 
> don't know what a Steller-sea cow would be, besides a Steller sea-cow, but it 
> was a sea-cow, not a cow.

Not necessarily; it is permissible to omit ke's and bo's when constructing
lujvo.  If it were a tanru, you'd be correct.

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