[lojban] Re: {ki'a} for part of a word

[Arnt Richard Johansen <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:44:36PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Suppose I say {pilno lo sarvantonke lo nu vimcu lo cinta lo xanjgalu} and you 
> catch everything except {tonke}. What would you say?

What I *would* say, is "pilno ma ke'o".

> Not {sarvanki'a}, that 
> means "vinegar yell". How would you say "ace-what?"?

Where does "ace" enter into the picture? "sarvantonke" is a pseudo-lujvo made up of {sar}, {van}, and the 5-letter rafsi of the nonexistent gismu {tonke}.

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