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Re: buckwheat



la lojbab (http://www.eGroups.com/list/lojban/?start=1614)
cusku di'e

>You guessed the intent exactly - to stretch the Lojban words for the 
>staples  to cover the broadest possible useful meaning (in this case the 
>family), allowing lujvo to narrow things to the genus/species when 
>demanded.  Most of the time the gismu would work just fine for all of the 
>above - you don't make rhubarb or sorrel porridge, so if the discussion 
>mentions porridge, then you must be referring to the staple grain.
>
>Presumably you could also make the lujvo for buckwheat-grain to 
>specifically get the grain to the exclusion of the other possibilities.
>

lujvo proposals:

gruxruba (=gurni+xruba) buckwheat in the strict sense
xubgrudja (=xruba+gurni+cidja) buckwheat porridge
pezyxruba (=pezli+xruba) sorrel
stanyxruba (=stani+xruba) rhubarb


le lojbo gusta cu stidi le xruba sanmi
.i se pamoi le pezyxruba stasu          {sorrel soup}
.i se remoi le xubgrudja                {buckwheat porridge}
.i se cimoi le stanyxruba tisnanba      {rhubarb pie}

co'o mi'e .evgenis.