my lujvo | lujvo fi'e mi |
As a young language, Lojban does not yet have a full vocabulary. To fill it out, you can create new compound words, or lujvo. Here are lujvo that I have created and used. | ni'o la lojban. cu cnino .iseni'ibo le vlaselcmi na mulno .i zifre le nu finti lo lujvo tezu'e le nu mulgau .i dei selpau lo lujvo poi mi finti je pilno |
Jay : Lojban : my lujvo |
balfi'e | banli finpe | x1 is a whale of species/breed x2 The same meaning as balfipmabru; less clear but shorter. |
balfipmabru | banli finpe mabru | b1=f1=m1 is a whale/cetacean of species/breed f2=m2 x1 belongs to order Cetacea, which includes the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. |
bartcena | bartu tcena | t1=b1 stretches/extends/reaches outside of b2 The "relaxed" range is inside; the "extended" range is outside. |
bitygau | birti gasnu | g1=b1 causes (the event of) certainty about b2 |
capnorju'i | ckape no'e jundi | j1=c1 ignores danger j2=c2 under conditions c3 x1 is reckless |
cmadi'a | cmalu jdima | j1=c1 is the low price of j2 to buyer j3 set by seller j4, price low by standard c3 |
cpinyctu | cpina ctuca | x1 "pungently teaches" to x2 info x3 about x4 by method cpina1=x5 To teach in a striking or vivid way. (No change from the place structure of ctuca.) |
cpinyctusku | cpinyctu cusku | agent cusku1=ctuca1 teaches by expressing cusku2=ctuca3 to cusku3=ctuca2 x1 tells a fable, proverb, epigram, pointed anecdote, or other "pungent" teaching saying. (Any further places would be easy to get wrong.) |
filsazri | frili sazri | s1=f2 easily operates s2 with goal s3, easy under conditions f3 x2 is easy to use |
jikte'a | jikca terpa | t1=j1 socially fears/is shy around t2=j2 x1 is a shy person (or animal, etc.) |
ralcme | ralju cmene | c1=r1 is the principal name of c2 used by c3 among names r2 |
tu'urcurnu | tubnu curnu | c1 is a vestimentiferan tubeworm of species/breed c2 building tube t1 |
vlaselcmi | valsi se cmima valsi selcmi |
selcmi1 is a vocabulary/set of words including selcmi2=v1 compare vlaste, "word list" |
xaurpluja | xamgu pluja | p1=x1 is sophisticated in aspect/for purpose p2=x2 by standard p3=x3 "complicated in a good way", which is not quite the same as "sophisticated" |
zbaske | zbasu saske | mass of facts s1 is a technology of/knowledge of making s2=z2 based on methodology s3 |
zuksre | zukte srera | s1=z1 errs in doing s2=z2 |