Subject: [lojban] Re: vu+zasti

From: "Avital Oliver" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:18:16 -0500

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From: "Craig" <[email-masked]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 5:53 AM
Subject: [lojban] Re: vu+zasti

> >> Is it <vuzzasti>? Can you have a double <z> there?
>
> >Nope. Double consonants aren't allowed.
>
> >You need to buffer it with a 'y'. vuzyzasti is good, as well as
> >vuzyza'i.
>
> These break up: vu zy zasti and vu zy za'i.
No they don't. It can't break up into "vu zy. zasti" (note the pause after
zy).

> Remember, the first five letters of a brivla need a consonant cluster.
But 'y' doesn't count for breaking a consonant cluster.