Morphology: Algorithm
> Using W to stand for any of V, diphthong, V'V, y
> cmavo are all
> (C)W'W
> where the current number of repetitons of the
> boxed syllable is 1 and there are no cases of
> sibilant + iV nor syllabic consonant + uV and y
> has some sort of restrictions.
In fact there are no cases of any consonant plus iV or uV,
not just sibilants or syllabic consonants.
y only appears in Cy, y'y and y.
> Lujvo are built up from strings of (more or less)
> reduced forms of gismu and so are constructed as
> follows. Each begins with
>
> where initial CC must be permitted initial CC,
> VV must be a diphthong permitted in that place
> (see cmavo list)
> V is not y,
> * is y if the preceding and following Cs form a
> permitted initial CC (and the whole is not
> CCC?)and V is unstressed. Otherwise * is void.
> # is r if the next syllable does not begin with
> CC or begins with a permitted initial CC. It is
> n in these cases where the first C is r.
> Otherwise # is void.
- and
> If the V (the second in the case of CV'V) in this
> is stressed (V+), the whole can be followed only
> by CCV/CVV.
> Otherwise the whole can be followed by
> CCVCy/CVCCy/CVC^/CCV/CV(')V repeated any number
> of times with unstressed V.
> Finally, there is any of the stressed initial +
> final chunks from above, or CV+CCV/CCV+CV/CV+'V
You also have to take into account the tosmabru test.
CVC+CVCCV appears to be legitimate, but in fact
sometimes it is not because it could break as
CV CCV+CCV. In order to avoid this breakage,
you have to use CVCyCVCCV in that and analogous
cases.
In the case of fu'ivla, in addition to the tosmabru
test you also need to apply the slinku'i test:
A fu'ivla can't consist of a consonant plus a string
of rafsi, even if it fullfills the other criteria,
because when a CV cmavo is in front of it, it will
look just like a lujvo.
But other than that, yes it's basically right.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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