[lojban] Re: It is easier for a kumte...

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

--- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/28/05, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > It is easier for a kumte to pass through the
> kanla of a jesni than
> > for me to understand some of the gismu list
> stuff.
> > 
> > *grin*
> > 
> > "kanla" includes "kumte" in its c.f. list:
> > 
> > (cf. jvinu, kerlo, viska, kumte)
> > 
> > What is up with that?
> 
> Whatever it is, it works both  ways, because
> "kumte"
> includes "kanla" in its cf. list as well:
> 
> (cf. sunla, kanla, xirma, xasli)
> 
A remote possibility: the old word for "camel"
was {kamla} and confusion ensued.