From lojban-out@lojban.org Sun Nov 03 11:19:15 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_2_1); 3 Nov 2002 19:19:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 83672 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2002 19:19:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Nov 2002 19:19:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2002 19:19:15 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 188QHD-0006Dq-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 11:19:15 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 188QH7-0006DZ-00; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 11:19:09 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 03 Nov 2002 11:19:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mxout2.netvision.net.il ([194.90.9.21]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 188QH1-0006DM-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 11:19:03 -0800 Received: from default ([62.0.149.9]) by mxout2.netvision.net.il (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 0.8 (built Jul 12 2002)) with SMTP id <0H500057ALMS1A@mxout2.netvision.net.il> for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:18:30 +0200 (IST) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:18:45 +0200 Subject: [lojban] Re: Longest false friendoid? To: "lojban-list@lojban.org" Message-id: <0H500057CLMT1A@mxout2.netvision.net.il> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Foxmail 4.1 [eg] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 2408 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: araizen@cs.huji.ac.il Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Adam Raizen From: Adam Raizen Reply-To: araizen@cs.huji.ac.il X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out de'i li 2002-11-03 ti'u li 02:25:00 la'o zoi. Pierre Abbat .zoi cusku di'e >What is the longest word in English (or French, or whatever) which is also a >valid (though probably nonsensical) lujvo? I've run into a few words >("distance", "semblable") which look like lujvo, but neither "dis" nor "sem" >is actually a rafsi of any word I'm aware of (though "sem" could have been a >rafsi of "semto"). Running a script through FILE from dict.org, I get 3 4-component lujvo: destructible: desku turni citka ruble contractible: condi tarti citka ruble contractable: condi tarti catlu ruble and 14 3-component lujvo: tractable: tarti catlu ruble constable: condi stali ruble pentangle: penmi tsani gletu rectangle: rectu tsani gletu recyclable: rectu clani ruble surcingle: surla cinse gletu septangle: sepli tsani gletu rencontre: trene condi mitre contractile: condi tarti ctile reflectance: krefu lerci tance bespeckle: bersa pencu klesi desparple: desku cpare pelji ctenoidei: nicte notci djedi conversance: condi verba sance There are also over a hundred two-component lujvo, and many, many, if you allow words which end in a consonant, but which otherwise are of lujvo form (potential cmene), e.g. 'blastodermic', 'complemental', 'mastersinger', 'seismosaurus', 'spokesperson', 'kindergarten', etc. If you know of a dictionary or spell-check file in French or another language, I can run the script on that, too. mu'o mi'e .adam.