[lojban] Lettorals

[Donny <mizenki@gmail.com>]

I'm currently glossing a paragraph in Lojban (the third paragraph of
the Lojban translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), and I am
stuck on a few words because they just don't seem to make any sense in
context.

The word 'abu' pops up quite a few times, as well at 'jy' and 'ry'.
Looking up these words tells me that they are just the names for the
letters 'a', 'j', and 'r', but that translation makes no sense at all
when used in the context. Do these words have other meanings?

i la’e di’u no’e ba’e mutce le ka cizra ijenaiji’a la alis jinvi le
du’u ba’e
mutce le ka nalfadni kei fa le nu tirna le nu le ractu cu sezysku lu
oiro’a
oiro’a mi lerci li’u to baku ca le nu abu pensi la’e di’u kei abu ri
te sidbo le
du’u ei ri abu cizra i ku’i caku piro ri simlu le ka rarna toi i ku’i
ca le nu le
ractu ca’a lebna lo junla le kosta daski gi’e catlu jy gi’e di’a sutra
kei la alis
spaji sa’irbi’o ki’u le nu lindi pagre le abu menli fa le si’o abu pu
noroi viska
lo ractu poi ponse lo kosta daski a lo junla poi ry ke’a dy ka’e lebna
i bai
le nu kucli kei abu bajra pagre le foldi gi’e jersi ry gi’e u’adai
viska le nu ry
canci mo’ine’i lo barda ke ractu kevna noi cnita le spabi’u

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