[lojban] Re: How many possible gismu?

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/19/2009 21:11:09 Eastern Daylight Time, daniel@brockman.se writes:


> People always say that gismu are not special and there is nothing
> "fundamental" about them (except for the tiny, tiny detail of having
> rafsi and thus being able to form additional words).


When people say that gismu are not special, they mean semantically.  Morphologically, of course, they are special indeed, having rafsi and a special shape (CVCCV or CVCCV).  
It's often claimed that gismu are not intended to cover all semantic space, but it would be nice if they did indeed form some kind of fundamental semantic basis.

mu'o mie stevon