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Re: Onomatopoeia (err, sp?)
--- Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> Please point out that a cmavo is non-standard when you use it,
and point
> people to the definition.
I found the wiki page, it's cool. BTW are these going to be
indefinitely non-standard? I thought the baseline was only
violated when the change makes old text obsolete.
--- Pierre Abbat wrote:
> There are two ways of using onomatopoeia in Lojban:
> *Use the cmavo {sa'ei} as a vocative: sa'ei tresk. le blaci cu
farlu
> *Make a fu'ivla: tsaparatsa'i (ratamacue), bacrnmu (moo).
I like this idea. I suppose sa'ei words must follow cmene rules
since it is COI. I wonder how big of a vocabulary we could
compile, borrowing onomato's from all around the world. A
standard list needs to be made at some point.
mu'omi'e .okus.