Re: month names

["michael helsem" <graywyvern@hotmail.com>]

--- In lojban@egroups.com, pycyn@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 00-10-30 14:11:56 EST, maikl writes:
> 
> <<  i would probably prefer some arbitrary 12 of the animals for
the 
months >>
> Why not take the (ok, abstractly arbitrary, but culturally fixed) 
zodiacal 
> animals from China. 

rat RATCU          horse XIRMA
ox (bovine BAKNI)  goat KANBA
tiger TIRXU        monkey SMANI
rabbit RACTU       rooster (chicken JIPCI)
dragon RAMRESPA    dog GERKU
snake SINCE        bear CRIBE

this is usable but (1) requires one lujvo; (2) RATCU & RACTU are
too similar; (3) returning to my earlier thought, there really
are only 12 color gismu in lojban, & apparently not just 12 of
anything else, so as an exercise in matching it would be more
instructive to use a list that is comprehensive.

(1) & (2) could be met by choosing different gismu from the
lojbanic bestiary.