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From: "Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>

> << i would probably prefer some arbitrary 12 of the animals for the months >>
> Why not take the (ok, abstractly arbitrary, but culturally fixed) zodiacal 
> animals from China. I think (but have not checked) that there are gismu for 
> most of them. The western zodiac gets off of animals occasionally and so 
> does not work as well.

We could still use the western zodiac signs. It doesn't have to be 
animals. The western zodiac signs are already pretty well fixed to 
the months. The biggest problem is distinguishing between crabs 
and scorpions in lojban.

January la kanbyma'i
February la jaurbeima'i
March la fipma'i
April la lanma'i
May la bakma'i
June la matsi'uma'i (twins?)
July la jukma'i
August la cinfyma'i
September la xlima'i
October la ci'urma'i or la laxma'i
November la jukrskorpio masti
December la celma'i

Some of them are metaphorical or not exact equivalents of the 
English names of the zodiac and might to be the best name.

co'o mi'e adam