Re: [lojban] Yacht

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday, September 13, 2012 15:54:35 selpa'i wrote:
> Am 13.09.2012 15:04, schrieb Betsemes:
> > coi rodo
> > I have been looking for a lojban word for "yacht" on jbovlaste, but
> > found nothing. Generally speaking, a yacht is a private boat or ship
> > used for pleasure. That word could also be used in the sense of
> > "racing boat" though.
> > 
> > I initially thought on fu'ivla:
> > blotrjate (from Spanish "yate"): x1 is a yacht/private pleasure
> > boat/ship owned by x2, propelled by x3
> 
> The word comes from the Dutch "Jacht", which in Lojban would be {iaxt}.
> So I'd suggest "blotriaxti" (probably not so pretty), or a stage-4
> "iaxti" (the final i is taken from bloti). Of course, Jacht means hunt
> (n), but the purpose of Jachts have shifted and are indeed more about
> luxury and leisure or about racing nowadays(and who knows what else).

A type-3 fu'ivla has to have a foreign part beginning with a consonant. 
Changing "i" to "j" seems reasonable here. Often an "x" is inserted before it 
if it begins with a vowel.

Pierre
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