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Re: Problematic entries in the lujvo list
--- In lojban@egroups.com, "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@h...> wrote:
>
> la aulun cusku di'e
>
> >x1 cu banli le ka jamna -> balkamjamna -> baljamna -> "grand in warring"
> >("gloriously warring")
>
> (At the risk of being chastised for invoking non-existing
> lujvo making rules...)
>
> I just can't see {banli le ka jamna} giving {balkamjamna}.
> It has to be {kamjamba'i} or simply {jamba'i}.
>
> That is not to say that {baljamna} is not a valid lujvo,
> but its expansion (to me) would be something like
> {banli je jamna}, not {banli le ka jamna}.
I can feel with you (and I also like your version better), but my point was that {baljamna} has to do with "to war", hence somewhat
having the meaning of "grand in warring" rather than "great war".
co'o mi'e .aulun.