Re: [lojban] Gismu space?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 27 October 2006 00:22, Ryan Keppel wrote:
> coi ju'o zoi gy. Is gismu space as full as cmavo space? I notice that the
> gismu list is very old. Certainly there have been suggestions about this.
> What is most annoying is that certain very specific gismu, like cinfo
> (lion) exist. By themselves, they are fine. However, the lack of needed
> words in science, math, and technology makes it a shame. Maybe it's the
> transhumanist in me speaking. I would hope that gismu (and cmavo) would
> reflect a move towards science and technology. We should not have idiocy
> like Christianity elevated to gismu. Maybe make is a fu'ivla "irrational
> suiciders" or something. .gy. .u'inai co'o fe'o

I think there should be more gismu for kinds of chemicals and other morphemes 
that go into chemical names. Although, say, "alkyne" isn't a commonly used 
word, making a complex chemical name out of rafsi fu'ivla, or ordinary 
fu'ivla connected with {zei}, makes it thrice as long as it ought to be. I'm 
no expert on chemistry, but I know that numbers are used in at least two 
different ways in chemical names, which may require another set of number 
rafsi besides {pav, rel, cib...}.

Also there ought to be more plant and animal names. Currently the bird gismu 
include two Anseriformes, two Galliformes, and none of the largest order of 
birds. I think {korvo} would be a good addition, As to plants, there is no 
gismu for the most eaten fruit in the world; it should have the gismu 
{mango}, as agreed by five of the six languages (the Hindi word is "aam").

And several times when trying to coin a word, I could not find quite the right 
gismu. The "round numbers" is the latest.

Pierre