rafsi

From the Lojban web site FAQ (http://www.lojban.org/files/brochures/faq.htm):

rafsi: building block(s) of lujvo compound words

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An affix — with the proviso that all gismu have one or more of them. Affixes are rather more plentiful in Lojban than they tend to be in most languages.

Quick summary:

• 1342 (all) gismu have 5-letter rafsi (itself)
• 1337 (all but brodV) gismu have 4-letter rafsi (itself sans final vowel)
• 1103 gismu have at least one 3-letter rafsi
  • 207 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CCV
  • 833 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVC
  • 393 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVV
  • 5 gismu (bloti cmene cmoni rotsu zgike) have both CCV and CVV
  • 48 gismu have both CVC and CCV
  • 238 gismu have both CVC and CVV
  • 2 gismu (bloti rotsu) have all three
    • what about 'condi'? --pne
• 94 cmavo have at least one 3-letter rafsi
  • 2 cmavo (da je) have 3-letter rafsi of the form CCV
  • 83 cmavo have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVC
  • 28 cmavo have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVV
  • 2 cmavo (da je) have both CCV and CVC
  • 12 cmavo have both CVC and CVV

They top ten most frequently used rafsi on IRC are sel, jbo, pre, tol, sam, smu, sku, bau, nor, and vla. For a complete list, see the attached file.

-> CouldaBeenRafsi

See also Desirability of rafsi

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