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cmavo prefixed onto type IV fu'ivla : to split or not to split?



If the word 'lastamina' is encountered in Lojban text, which of these
ways is it supposed to be parsed ?

lastamina : single type IV fu'ivla
la stamina : cmavo + type IV fu'ivla

or something else?

My gut feeling is it must be the 2nd reading; otherwise, how would they
be distinguished in spoken Lojban?  In which case, I think this
eliminates a further class of possible fu'ivla - those that split into a
cmavo + shorter fu'ivla.

(I've just picked an example of the CCVCVCV class of words, which I
believe are type IV fu'ivla according to my reading of the book.  BTW
There's no intention to imply we should have this coining!!)

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