RE: [lojban] gismu etemology

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la kreig cusku di'e

> http://www.lojban.org/files/etymology/finprims
>
> This puzzles me. The Spanish glosses are sometimes really weird. eg,
> pont - puente
> kord - cuerda
> port - puerta
>
> This 'ue' does represent an original /O/, but it contrasts with /o/. It is
> also not pronounced o anywhere, except maybe portugal - and that is
> generally not thought of as the same language. What happened?

I think the "Spanish" etymologies were a blend of Spanish and
Portuguese, but I don't know whether Portuguese speakers were
added for weighting purposes.

Funny that in the case of "puente" the resulting word, {cripu},
does not contribute any points, but is easier for Spanish
speakers to associate with "puente" than {cripo} would be.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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