Appendix:Lojban/lujvo

Lojban

Etymology

Etymologically, a portmanteau of two Lojban words: (luj is the rafsi (“portmanteau-form/abbreviation/affix/combining form”) of the gismu (“root word”) pluja (“complex”)) combined with the rafsi (“portmanteau-form”) vo of the gismu (“root word”) valsi (“a word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluʒvo/

Root

lujvo (rafsi luv or jvo)

1. (grammar) x₁ is a compound predicate word with meaning x₂ and arguments x₃ built from metaphor (tanru) x₄.

See also

• fi (“x₃ is”)
• gi'e
• poi
• se
• selbri (“predicate”)
• sumti (“argument”)
• tanru (“meaning/semantics”)
• valsi (“word”)
• za'upamei
• zbasu (“builds”)

Hypernyms

• brivla (“content words”)

References

• lujvo dictionary query & jbovlaste for lujvo (for licensing information see Template:Lojban copyright)
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