Jorge Llambías wrote:
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:48 AM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:{mo'a} is a rafsi for {morna}. mo'a too few digit/number: too few; subjective The following four gismu have the letters m-o-a in that order: mokca 'point' x1 is a point/instant/moment [0-dimensional shape/form] in/on/at time/place x2 mosra 'friction' x1 is friction [force opposing motion] due to contact/rubbing between x2 and x3 morna 'pattern' x1 is/reflects/represents a pattern of forms/events x2 arranged according to structure x3 smoka 'sock' x1 is a sock/stocking [flexible foot and lower leg garment] of material x2I believe "mo'a" was half inspired by "mleca", but not all cmavo necessarily have a gismu based source, some are more or less random.
Actually, very few are "random" per se. There are huge swaths that were inspired by particular gismu. Then there were some that were created to form mnemonic sequences (e.g. numbers, ko'V, vo'V), where they were constrained by what was still available. Probably only 50-100 cmavo or fewer were assigned more or less randomly, because what was left offered nothing at all mnemonic.
I used pe'i, BTW, because all of the good words that could be tied to jinvi were already assigned. Yes, it is probably malglico, but it probably can still be mnemonically useful even for a non-English speaker. (on the possibly faulty assumption that most opinions derive from thinking about the subject being opined about %^).
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