Re: [lojban] tosmabru test

[Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 06, 2011 03:49:51 PM Remo Dentato wrote:
>> "do the tosmabru test apply to any (apparent) 'word' that could,
>> instead, be broken in a cmavo+brivla"?
>
> No. The tosmabru test applies to an apparent lujvo such that removing CV from
> the beginning results in another apparent lujvo. "respageti" is two words, not
> a fu'ivla, but it is not a tosmabru. "pageti" is not a gismu, a rafsi, or a
> concatenation of rafsi, so "respageti" is not an apparent lujvo.

Ok, but for practical purpose (i.e. recognizing valid words) still
{respageti} must be considered a CMAVO+BRIVLA (a fu'ivla in this
case). I don't understand why we should use another name for this test
when a fu'ivla is involved instead of a lujvo.

remod

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