[lojban] P and Q Celtic and Italic

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

I've had the idea, for a few years, that these branches of Indo-European 
should be named in Lojban for the word for five, as the major split of Indo-
European is named for the word for hundred. So I was thinking:
P-Celtic = pemp (Breton)
Q-Celtic = koik (Old Irish cóic)
P-Italic = pomp (Oscan pompe)
Q-Italic = kuink (Latin quinque).
The no-CGV rule forbids "kuink", but that can be replaced with "kink" (from 
Proto-Romance cinque). However, that still leaves three words ending in two 
consonants, the second of which is not syllablic. A syllable can't end in two 
consonants unless it consists of exactly two consonants, the second of which 
is syllabic. Suggestions?

What reminded me of this is a road construction sign saying "BUMP". In Welsh 
this is a mutated form of the word for five. :) If I see three of these signs, 
I say "bymtheg".

Pierre
-- 
lo ponse be lo mruli ku po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko

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