cmavo frequency list

[Rob Speer <rob@twcny.rr.com>]

I seem to remember that there is so far no accurate list of the
frequencies with which each cmavo is used.

So I wrote a script which would search Lojban text for cmavo, even in
compounds, and count up the frequency for each one. I fed this script
every Lojban text I could find - the stuff from CVS, assorted poems, and
everything in the texts section of lojban.org (except "words poem"
because that link is broken).

Another script found the 121 cmavo which were not used anywhere. Some of
these were expected (lau) while others were quite surprising that they
have gone unused (ro'e). And of course most of the MEX words are in
there, but they are important nonetheless.

The sorted list is attached.

-- 
la rab.spir
noi cnicygau le cmavo

le LE the described 4938
.i I sentence link 3391
nu NU event abstract 1457
cu CU selbri separator 1441
se SE 2nd conversion 1068
la LA that named 1025
lu LU quote 1001
li'u LIhU end quote 996
mi KOhA3 me 873
lo LE the really is 826
gi'e GIhA bridi and 684
be BE link sumti 559
do KOhA3 you 552
sei SEI discursive bridi 545
.a A sumti or 519
bu BU word to lerfu 486
ca PU during 465
na NA bridi negator 427
noi NOI incidental clause 369
ro PA4 each 359
lei LE the mass described 350
kei KEI end abstraction 322
.e A sumti and 312
fi FA 3rd sumti place 299
je JA tanru and 292
nai NAI negate last word 290
da KOhA1 something 1 278
bo BO short scope link 271
loi LE the mass really is 268
ko KOhA3 imperative 263
ba PU after 256
pa PA1 1 248
ku'i UI3b however 238
ka NU property abstract 236
du'u NU bridi abstract 234
ko'a KOhA4 it-1 232
pu PU before 219
ma KOhA7 sumti ? 207
poi NOI restrictive clause 200
no PA1 0 200
ku KU end sumti 193
go'i GOhA last bridi 190
re PA1 2 180
fa FA 1st sumti place 171
di'u KOhA2 last utterance 168
ni'o NIhO new topic 161
te SE 3rd conversion 159
ki'u BAI because of reason 158
pe GOI restrictive phrase 156
co'a ZAhO initiative 149
moi MOI ordinal selbri 146
ka'e CAhA innately capable of 143
la'e LAhE the referent of 140
doi DOI vocative marker 135
kau UI3a indirect question 132
ri KOhA5 last sumti 132
roi ROI quantified tense 128
vi VA here at 125
ke KE start grouping 122
zi ZI short time 114
li LI the number 108
.ei UI1 obligation 103
ra KOhA5 recent sumti 99
dei KOhA2 this utterance 95
tai BAI in form 93
mei MOI cardinal selbri 92
zo ZO 1-word quote 85
va'o BAI under conditions 85
xu UI6 true-false ? 85
tu'a LAhE the bridi implied by 85
ca'o ZAhO continuative 84
ba'e BAhE emphasize next 82
co CO tanru inversion 81
toi TOI end parenthesis 81
ta KOhA6 that there 79
mai MAI sentence ordinal 78
joi JOI in a mass with 77
re'u ROI ordinal tense 76
to TO start parenthesis 75
ci PA1 3 74
ji'a UI3b in addition 74
na'e NAhE scalar contrary 73
ja'e BAI therefore result 73
me ME sumti to selbri 73
sai CAI strong emotion 72
fo FA 4th sumti place 71
lo'e LE the typical 71
pi PA3 decimal point 71
gi GI connective medial 70
fe FA 2nd sumti place 69
za'u PA3 greater than 68
co'e GOhA unspecif bridi 67
ke'a KOhA7 relativized it 65
ju'o UI5 certainty 64
ti KOhA6 this here 62
ja JA tanru or 58
ba'o ZAhO perfective 57
zi'e ZIhE rel clause joiner 56
ko'e KOhA4 it-2 56
ce JOI in a set with 56
ku'o KUhO end relative clause 56
mu'i BAI because of motive 54
.ai UI1 intent 52
be'o BEhO end linked sumti 52
fa'a FAhA4 towards point 50
di'a ZAhO resumptitive 49
ze'a ZEhA medium time interval 48
ne GOI incidental phrase 48
so'i PA4 many 47
ge GA fore and 46
mu PA1 5 45
pei CAI emotion ? 43
zo'u ZOhU end prenex 42
.e'o UI1 request 42
da'i UI3 supposing 41
je'u UI3 truth 39
.oi UI1 complaint 39
pi'o BAI used by 39
mo GOhA bridi ? 38
goi GOI pro-sumti assign 37
jai JAI modal conversion 37
no'u GOI incidental identity 37
to'e NAhE polar opposite 37
.e'e UI1 competence 36
du GOhA same identity as 36
xi XI subscript 36
mi'a KOhA3 we, not you 36
ta'i BAI by method 36
su'o PA4 at least 36
jo'u JOI in common with 36
ja'a NA bridi affirmer 35
li'a UI3 clearly 35
mo'u ZAhO completive 34
.ue UI1 surprise 34
pe'i UI2 I opine 32
.ua UI1 discovery 32
di'e KOhA2 next utterance 31
ve SE 4th conversion 31
ni'i BAI because of logic 31
mi'o KOhA3 me and you 30
ni NU amount abstract 30
so'o PA4 several 29
.e'u UI1 suggestion 29
co'u ZAhO cessative 29
ru'e CAI weak emotion 29
ca'a CAhA actually is 29
za'o ZAhO superfective 29
ne'i FAhA3 within 28
po'u GOI restrictive identity 28
na'u NAhU selbri to operator 28
vo PA1 4 27
ze'u ZEhA long time interval 26
cu'i CAI neutral emotion 26
ji'i PA4 approximately 26
cai CAI intense emotion 25
so'u PA4 few 24
ge'u GEhU end relative phrase 24
.uu UI1 pity 24
za ZI medium time 24
fo'i KOhA4 it-8 23
zu'e BAI with actor 23
po'o UI3b uniquely 22
ce'u KOhA8 lambda 22
.a'o UI1 hope 22
le'i LE the set described 21
vo'a KOhA4 x1 it 21
.au UI1 desire 21
ru'i TAhE continuously 21
mo'i MOhI space motion 21
bu'u FAhA3 coincident with 21
de KOhA1 something 2 21
bei BEI link more sumti 21
ki'o PA3 number comma 20
cau BAI lacked by 20
fi'o FIhO selbri to modal 20
tu KOhA6 that yonder 20
mu'u BAI exemplified by 19
li'o UI3a omitted text 19
.i'a UI1 acceptance 19
.o'o UI1 patience 19
ru'a UI2 I postulate 18
za'i NU1 state abstract 18
sa'a UI3a editorial insertion 18
pu'o ZAhO anticipative 18
du'i BAI as much as 18
ni'a FAhA2 below 18
.ia UI1 belief 18
ka'u UI2 I know culturally 17
ki KI tense default 17
.ie UI1 agreement 17
ri'a BAI because of cause 17
ze'i ZEhA short time interval 16
ta'e TAhE habitually 16
va VA there at 16
.e'a UI1 permission 16
.uo UI1 completion 15
dai UI5 empathy 15
ze'e ZEhA whole time interval 15
ce'o JOI in a sequence with 15
xa PA1 6 15
ju'i COI attention 15
ko'i KOhA4 it-3 15
.ui UI1 happiness 15
bi PA1 8 15
fa'u JOI and respectively 15
do'u DOhU end vocative 15
ja'o UI2 I conclude 14
ti'e UI2 I hear 14
.a'u UI1 interest 14
ji'u BAI based on 14
.u'u UI1 repentance 14
ga'u FAhA2 above 14
vau VAU end simple bridi 14
ga'i UI5 hauteur 14
.u'i UI1 amusement 13
vu VA yonder at 13
.u'a UI1 gain 13
re'o FAhA3 adjacent to 13
ru'u FAhA2 surrounding 13
ze PA1 7 13
mu'a UI3 for example 13
zo'o UI5 humorously 13
la'a UI3 probability 13
zu'u UI3 on the one hand 12
po'e GOI which belongs to 12
fau BAI in the event of 12
mo'o MAI section ordinal 12
tu'e TUhE start text scope 12
pe'u COI please 12
ja'i BAI by rule 12
.io UI1 respect 12
ga GA fore or 12
zo'e KOhA7 unspecif it 11
cu'u BAI as said by 11
ne'a FAhA3 next to 11
kai BAI characterizing 11
gau BAI with active agent 11
su'a UI2 I generalize 11
xo PA5 number ? 11
zu ZI long time 11
le'e LE the stereotypical 11
fe'e FEhE space aspects 10
ba'a UI2 I anticipate 10
ci'e BAI in system 10
bi'u UI3a new information 10
si'a UI3b similarly 10
rai BAI with superlative 10
gi'a GIhA bridi or 10
mu'e NU1 point-event abstract 10
ju JA tanru whether 10
za'a UI2 I observe 10
so PA1 9 10
ga'a BAI to observer 9
to'i TO editorial unquote 9
ve'a VEhA small space interval 9
do'a UI3 generously 8
ve'o VEhO right bracket 8
sa'u UI3 simply speaking 8
ru KOhA5 earlier sumti 8
lu'a LAhE the individuals of 8
pe'a UI3c figurative 8
ta'o UI3 by the way 8
jo JA tanru iff 8
ra'a BAI pertained to by 8
vei VEI left bracket 8
pa'a BAI in addition to 8
zo'i FAhA4 inward 8
so'e PA4 most 8
me'e BAI with name 8
pa'o FAhA3 transfixing 8
.u'e UI1 wonder 8
po GOI is specific to 8
.a'a UI1 attentive 7
.i'e UI1 approval 7
no'i NIhO old topic 7
ra'i BAI from source 7
.u A sumti whether 7
ke'u UI3 repeating 7
pu'u NU1 process abstract 7
me'o LI the mex 7
ro'a UI4 social 7
si'u BAI aided by 7
go GA fore iff 7
no'e NAhE scalar midpoint not 7
nu'o CAhA can but has not 7
fi'e BAI created by 7
vu'o VUhO long scope relative 7
pi'e PA3 digit separator 6
tu'u TUhU end text scope 6
ve'i VEhA tiny space interval 6
ki'e COI thanks 6
sa'e UI3 precisely speaking 6
.o'i UI1 caution 6
du'o BAI according to 6
di KOhA1 something 3 6
bi'i BIhI unordered interval 6
di'i TAhE regularly 6
.ii UI1 fear 6
di'o BAI at the locus of 6
to'o FAhA4 away from point 6
go'e GOhA penultimate bridi 6
zoi ZOI non-Lojban quote 6
de'u KOhA2 recent utterance 6
je'a NAhE scalar affirmer 6
fo'a KOhA4 it-6 6
cei CEI pro-bridi assign 5
bu'a GOhA some selbri 1 5
ba'i BAI replaced by 5
va'i UI3 in other words 5
li'i NU experience abstract 5
pa'e UI3 justice 5
du'e PA4 too many 5
no'a GOhA next outer bridi 5
lu'u LUhU end sumti qualifiers 5
nu'i NUhI start fore termset 5
bai BAI compelled by 5
ma'a KOhA3 we with you 5
.o A sumti iff 5
ci'o BAI emotionally felt by 5
pu'i CAhA can and has 5
.iu UI1 love 5
zu'i KOhA7 typical it 5
la'o ZOI the non-Lojban named 5
na'o TAhE typically 5
ki'a UI6 textual confusion 5
ca'u FAhA2 in front of 5
.i'u UI1 familiarity 4
ri'e UI5 release of emotion 4
lo'i LE the set really is 4
gi'i GIhA bridi conn ? 4
pau UI3a question follows 4
.i'i UI1 togetherness 4
la'u BAI quantifying 4
me'i PA3 less than 4
.o'a UI1 pride 4
ca'e UI2 I define 4
co'i ZAhO achievative 4
de'a ZAhO pausative 4
ve'u VEhA big space interval 4
le'o UI5 aggressive 4
jei NU truth abstract 4
zu'o NU1 activity abstract 4
si'o NU concept abstract 4
ju'a UI2 I state 4
se'i UI5 self-oriented 4
ko'u KOhA4 it-5 4
ka'a BAI gone to by 4
fu'e FUhE indicator scope 4
pu'e BAI by process 4
tu'i BAI associated with site 4
mu'o COI over 4
so'a PA4 almost all 4
nau CUhE reference point 4
go'a GOhA recent bridi 3
le'a BAI in category 3
le'u LEhU end error quote 3
lo'u LOhU error quote 3
xe SE 5th conversion 3
da'a PA4 all except 3
su'e PA4 at most 3
vi'e VIhA 4-space interval 3
ji A sumti conn ? 3
fa'o FAhO end of text 3
je'e COI roger 3
ze'o FAhA4 outward 3
gi'u GIhA bridi whether 3
be'a FAhA1 north of 3
.o'u UI1 relaxation 3
.i'o UI1 appreciation 3
pu'a BAI pleased by 3
.e'i UI1 constraint 3
ta'a COI interruption 3
fu'i UI5 easy 3
ti'a FAhA2 behind 3
be'u UI5 lack 2
fai FA extra sumti place 2
fi'i COI hospitality 2
fu FA 5th sumti place 2
lu'e LAhE the symbol for 2
te'e FAhA3 bordering 2
coi COI greetings 2
bi'o BIhI ordered interval 2
ke'o COI please repeat 2
mau BAI exceeded by 2
ti'u BAI associated with time 2
rau PA4 enough 2
gi'o GIhA bridi iff 2
co'o COI partings 2
me'u MEhU end sumti to selbri 2
.u'o UI1 courage 2
.a'e UI1 alertness 2
bau BAI in language 2
ku'a JOI intersection 2
do'o KOhA3 you and others 2
ri'i BAI experienced by 2
ne'u FAhA1 south of 2
ra'u UI3 chiefly 2
ce'e CEhE afterthought termset 2
nei GOhA current bridi 2
nu'u NUhU end fore termset 2
ga'e BY1 upper-case shift 2
no'o PA5 typical value 2
do'e BAI unspecif modal 2
ba'u UI3 exaggeration 2
mi'e COI self-introduction 2
na'i UI3a metalinguistic not 2
de'i BAI dated 2
zo'a FAhA4 tangential to 2
lo'o LOhO end mex sumti 2
va'u BAI benefiting from 2
to'u UI3 in brief 2
se'u SEhU end discursive 1
de'e KOhA2 soon utterance 1
si'e MOI portion selbri 1
re'i COI ready to receive 1
ja'u (meaningless) 1
su'i VUhU1 plus 1
lu'i LAhE the set composed of 1
mi'u UI3b ditto 1
po'a POhA end figurative 1
je'i JA tanru conn ? 1
su SU erase discourse 1
se'o UI2 I know internally 1
boi BOI end number or lerfu 1
ge'e UI6 unspecif emotion 1
vi'o COI wilco 1
gu'o GUhA fore tanru iff 1
sa SA erase utterance 1
mu'ei [ROI] (experimental: in PA possible worlds) 1
.a'i UI1 effort 1
zau BAI approved by 1
.o'e UI1 closeness 1
ra'o RAhO pro-assign update 1
ke'i GAhO exclusive interval 1
zei ZEI lujvo glue 1
vi'a VIhA 2-space interval 1
vi'u VIhA 3-space interval 1
xa'o [ZAhO] (experimental: opposite of za'o) 1
da'e KOhA2 eventual utterance 1
su'u NU unspecif abstract 1
voi NOI descriptive clause 1
ro'u UI4 sexual 1
si SI erase word 1
lu'o LAhE the mass composed of 1
se'a UI5 self-sufficiency 1
me'a BAI undercut by 1
nu'e COI promise 1
ca'i BAI by authority of 1
lai LA the mass of named 1
tu'o PA5 null operand 1
ma'e BAI material object 1
li'e BAI preceded by 1
ka'i BAI represented by 1
fi'u PA3 fraction slash 1
pe'e PEhE termset conn mark 1
ni'u PA3 negative number 1
pi'i VUhU1 times 1
be'i BAI sent by 1
ku'u BAI in culture 1
vo'e KOhA4 x2 it 1

Unused cmavo

be'e COI request to send 
bi'e BIhE hi priority operator 
bu'e GOhA some selbri 2 
bu'i GOhA some selbri 3 
bu'o UI7 start emotion 
ce'a LAU font shift 
ce'i PA3 percent 
ci'i PA5 infinity 
ci'u BAI on the scale 
cu'a VUhU3 absolute value 
cu'e CUhE modal ? 
cu'o MOI probability selbri 
da'o DAhO cancel pro-assigns 
da'u KOhA2 earlier utterance 
dau PA2 hex digit A 
de'o VUhU3 logarithm 
do'i KOhA2 unspecif utterance 
du'a FAhA1 east of 
fa'e BAI reverse of 
fa'i VUhU2 reciprocal of 
fe'a VUhU3 nth root of 
fe'i VUhU1 divided by 
fe'o COI over and out 
fe'u FEhU end modal selbri 
fei PA2 hex digit B 
fi'a FA sumti place ? 
fo'e KOhA4 it-7 
fo'o KOhA4 it-9 
fo'u KOhA4 it-10 
foi FOI end composite lerfu 
fu'a FUhA reverse Polish 
fu'o FUhO end indicator scope 
fu'u VUhU0 unspecif operator 
ga'o GAhO inclusive interval 
gai PA2 hex digit C 
ge'a VUhU0 null operator 
ge'i GA fore conn ? 
ge'o BY1 Greek shift 
go'o GOhA future bridi 
go'u GOhA earlier bridi 
gu GA fore whether 
gu'a GUhA fore tanru or 
gu'e GUhA fore tanru and 
gu'i GUhA fore tanru conn ? 
gu'u GUhA fore tanru whether 
jau PA2 hex digit D 
je'o BY1 Hebrew shift 
ji'e BAI up to limit 
ji'o BAI under direction of 
jo'a UI3a metalinguistic yes 
jo'e JOI union 
jo'i JOhI array 
jo'o BY1 Arabic shift 
ju'e JOI vague connective 
ju'u VUhU2 number base 
ka'o PA5 imaginary i 
ke'e KEhE end grouping 
ki'i BAI as a relation of 
ko'o KOhA4 it-4 
koi BAI bounded by 
ku'e KUhE end mex forethought 
la'i LA the set of named 
lau LAU punctuation mark 
lo'a BY1 Lojban shift 
ma'i BAI in reference frame 
ma'o MAhO operand to operator 
ma'u PA3 positive number 
mi'i BIhI center-range 
mo'a PA4 too few 
mo'e MOhE sumti to operand 
na'a BY1 cancel shifts 
ne'o VUhU3 factorial 
ni'e NIhE selbri to operand 
nu'a NUhA operator to selbri 
pa'i VUhU2 ratio 
pa'u BAI having component 
pai PA5 pi 
pe'o PEhO fore mex operator 
pi'a VUhU4 matrix of rows 
pi'i VUhU1 times 
pi'u JOI cross product 
po'i BAI in the sequence 
ra'e PA3 repeating decimal 
re'e UI4 spiritual 
rei PA2 hex digit E 
ri'o VUhU4 integral 
ri'u FAhA2 on the right of 
ro'e UI4 mental 
ro'i UI4 emotional 
ro'o UI4 physical 
ru'o BY1 Cyrillic shift 
sa'i VUhU4 matrix of columns 
sa'o VUhU4 derivative 
sau BAI requiring 
se'e BY1 character code 
si'i VUhU4 sigma summation 
soi SOI reciprocal sumti 
ta'u UI3a making a tanru 
tau LAU shift next lerfu 
te'a VUhU2 to the power 
te'o PA5 exponential e 
te'u TEhU end mex converters 
tei TEI composite lerfu 
ti'i BAI suggested by 
ti'o SEI mex precedence 
to'a BY1 lower-case shift 
va'a VUhU3 additive inverse 
vai PA2 hex digit F 
ve'e VEhA whole space interval 
vi'i VIhA 1-space interval 
vo'i KOhA4 x3 it 
vo'o KOhA4 x4 it 
vo'u KOhA4 x5 it 
vu'a FAhA1 west of 
vu'e UI5 virtue 
vu'i LAhE the sequence of 
vu'u VUhU1 minus 
za'e BAhE nonce-word next 
zai LAU select alphabet 
zi'o KOhA7 nonexistent it 
zu'a FAhA2 on the left of