Re: zo tosmabru cu smuni ma

[Logical Language Group <lojbab>]

la kris. cusku di'e

> zo tosmabru cu smuni ma? .i mi na se slabu le rafsi po'u zo tos.

"Tosmabru" is not a Lojban word.  It is a mythical word which illustrates
one kind of error in manufacturing lujvo.  Under certain conditions, a lujvo
intended to be of the form "tos-mabru" will instead be interpreted
as the cmavo plus shorter lujvo "to sma-bru".  The cure is to insert a "y"
to make "tos-y-mabru".  The rules for detecting tosmabru-type lujvo are
fairly complex, and I won't state them here.

(The word predates the Lojban/TLI Loglan split, and may have meant something
in TLI Loglan.)

-- 
John Cowan		sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.