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From Lojban to English :
Word: cunrafsi [jbovlaste]
Type: lujvo
Gloss Word: irregular affix in the sense of "unpredictably derived bound morpheme"
Gloss Word: three-letter rafsi in the sense of "rafsi of form CCV, CVC, CVV, or CV'V"
Gloss Word: three-segment rafsi
Definition: r1 is an unpredictable/irregular affix for word/concept r2,
with form/properties r3, in language r4.
Notes: In Lojban, cunrafsi are rafsi (bound combining forms) that
derive unpredictably from gismu (root predicate-words). They
are morphemes of the forms CCV, CVC, CVV, and CV'V (where C is
a consonant, V is a vowel, and ' is the special sound /h/).
Rafsi of these forms must be memorized alongside their source
gismu, since they are assigned arbitrarily (within some
constraints). By contrast, rafsi of the forms CCVC and CVCC are
always predictable, and match up one-for-one with gismu; these
may be called jvarafsi ('rule-rafsi'). Note also: cunrafsi
are not 'irregular' in the sense of being assigned informally
in a non-standard manner; they are a part of standard, official
Lojban.
Place Keywords:
1. affix in the sense of "bound morpheme"
2. word
3. form in the sense of "morphology, phonology, semantics, etc."
4. language