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RE: [lojban] volcano

>What do you think is a good word for "volcano"?
>volkano
>fagma'a
>rumyma'a
>any others?

I vote "fagma'a".

The "nonwestern calque" used in creating the lujvo "sezga'o" for autism can
be applied to this: huo3 shan1 (Fire Mountain) is the Mandarin word. But
primarily, I think "fagma'a" is the most transparent of the options.

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