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Re: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu?



In a message dated 11/16/2001 6:58:17 AM Central Standard Time, phma@oltronics.net writes:


Furthermore, some gismu gave rise to more than one cmavo, such as pruce:pu'e
(sumtcita) and pu'u (sucyvla), or mupli:mu'a (discursive) and mu'u (sumtcita).


"Give rise to" is too strong; the cmavo were not derived from the gismu but rather attached to them as memory aids --- and then the connection was expanded to cover more needed (in someone's view) cmavo by allowing SE with cmavo.