Re: [lojban] baby words: hiccup again

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 11:17:43AM +0100, Arnt Richard Johansen
wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 02:11:53AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 01:54:49AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > Babies do this a *lot*, so I'd like a decent word.  Someone
> > > suggested suktu'o, but that's for food type swallowing.  How
> > > about suksa+vasxu?  If that seems reasonable, can someone
> > > stick it in jbovlaste?
> > 
> > You know, {tolsenci} just occured to me.  It's basically in the
> > opposite direction, and equally involuntary.
> 
> I would argue that {senci} and sneezing is predominantly nasal, so
> {tolkafke} seems better.

LOL!

My big sneezes can be heard (as in, strangers turn to see what the
noise was) from about 50 meters; I assure you, the nasal involement
is relatively limited for one of those.  :D

But yes, I see what you mean.

-Robin

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