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[lojban] Re: Dalai Lama
la pier cusku di'e
> I've figured it out: la daliblamas. Tibetan spelling is as conklepated as
> English or French or Gaelic, and the word "lama" is spelled with a silent
> 'b'. {pancenlamas} does not need the 'b', and the 't' drops out because of a
> Lojban spelling rule. la tenzin.giatsoz. ca me la daliblamas.
Isn't "Dalai Lama" a title, like "King", or "President", or "Pope"?
If so, it should be a brivla, not a cmene.
The Dalai Lama page says: "Dalai is Mongolian for 'ocean', Lama is
Tibetan for 'spiritual teacher', hence the translation, 'Ocean of
Wisdom'".
So it could be a fu'ivla ({jatnrdalailama}, {jdalailama}?), or
a lujvo like {xasru'ictu}.
> According to the list on Wikipedia, all but the first Dalai Lama had the last
>
> name "Gyatso". How come?
That must be an adopted name. The Dalai Lama page says the current
Dalai Lama was born Lhamo Thondup, which means "Wish-Fulfilling
Goddess".
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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