Re: [lojban] {kai'i}

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> And Rosta scripsit:
> > Recent distinct threads have established
> >
> > (a) that {ka} is redundant, since {du'u} can serve all the
> > functions of current {ka}
>
> It is redundant only in a version of Lojban where you are not permitted
> to elide "ce'u".



To justify a new cmavo (ka) only to avoid the confusion from eliding
another one (ce'u) seems wasteful and actually un-Lojbanic. It sticks out
from the language at a weird angle; is there any other such case of such
redundancy in the cmavo? It seems a lot more elegant to actually ditch ka,
with the exception of lujvo.



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