[lojban] Re: selma'o nomenclature

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 09 June 2009 11:10:07 Jameson Orndorff wrote:
> Just a quick question - when we talk about cmavo and the selma'o to which
> they belong, we usually refer to them by saying "selma'o UI" or "selma'o
> KOhA" - this seems very unlojbanic. However, after taking a look at the
> actual place structure of cmavo, I was left a bit confused.
>
> x1 is a structure word of grammatical class x2, with meaning/function x3 in
> language x4
> How exactly does one fill in the x2 spot? I've seen a number of examples,
> such as {zo .ua cmavo lo selma'o be zo .ui} or {zo .ua cmavo zo'e pe zo
> .ui} but is there an official answer?

I don't know the official answer, but I'd say {zo .ua cmavo zo .ui}. The 
capitalization is just for computer grammar purposes.

What you'd say for cmavo be fo lo rarbau, I'm not sure. Maybe the same way as 
in Lojban: select one word to represent the selma'o. zoi gy. or .gy. enai zoi 
gy. if .gy. cmavo zoi gy. and .gy. ("If it rains, the plants get wet" is 
grammatical, but "And it rains, the plants get wet" is not.)

Pierre


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