Subject: Re: fu'ivla with lujvo as rafsi?

From: "Newton, Philip" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:36:20 +0200

la xorxes cu cusku di'e
> 
> la filip cusku di'e
> 
> >Is it possible to make type III fu'ivla using lujvo stems as 
> >pseudo-rafsi?
> 
> The stem has to be a consonant ending rafsi. Anything else
> can cause trouble.

Can you explain to me why this is?

> In any case, the stem has to end in a consonant and the
> lojbanized borrowing has to start with a consonant

Why is this? (Because the rules for making fu'ivla say so? Or because
otherwise words break up?)

In particular, ISTR having read that in some circumstances, it's OK if the
borrowed bit starts with a vowel, though I don't recall the details (perhaps
when the rafsi ending + glue is already crunchy enough?).

mu'omi'e filip.
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