Subject: Re: xruba

From: "Evgueni Sklyanin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:14:38 -0000

--- In [email-masked], Pierre Abbat <phma@w...> wrote:
> The word "xruba" is glossed "buckwheat", although it can refer to 
buckwheat, 
> sorrel, rhubarb, or any other member of the Polygonaceae (but not 
wood 
> sorrel). I coined a word "xrixruba" to refer to buckwheat 
specifically, and 
> someone may invent words for sorrel or rhubarb specifically. There 
is AFAIK 
> no English word for Polygonaceae in general. What should the gloss 
for 
> "xruba" be?

Some time ago
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban1/message/1624
I proposed:
gruxruba (=gurni+xruba) buckwheat in the strict sense
xubgrudja (=xruba+gurni+cidja) buckwheat porridge
pezyxruba (=pezli+xruba) sorrel
stanyxruba (=stani+xruba) rhubarb

co'o mi'e .evgenis.