[lojban] What is the source of gismu *definitions*?

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

Every Lojbanist understands that gismu denote predicates that are highly practical.

e.g. {pilno} includes a goal as pilno3. Indeed, how can we imagine using something without a goal?

My question is who collected those definitions? Was it JCB? How was this gimste formed? Is there a changelog of modifications to gismu definitions starting from the first edition of loglan?

My particular interest here is with the recent discussion of a possible new gismu meaning "qua". The corresponding word is of high frequency in Mandarin but in European languages it is often confused with words meaning {simsa}.

e.g.

"as" means both "like" and "qua".

Russian "как" [kak] means both "like" and "qua".

Were Mandarin predicates taken into consideration while constructing gismu definitions?

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