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From Lojban to English :
Word: jvarafsi [jbovlaste]
Type: lujvo
Gloss Word: regular affix in the sense of "predictably derived bound morpheme"
Gloss Word: four-letter rafsi in the sense of "specific to Lojban"
Gloss Word: four-segment rafsi in the sense of "specific to Lojban"
Definition: r1 is a predictable/regular affix for word/concept r2, with
form/properties r3, in language r4.
Notes: Literally 'rule affix'. In Lojban, jvarafsi are the familiar
four-letter (or, more precisely, four-segment) rafsi, which
are fully predictable in form, and of which each gismu has
only one. For example, -badn- is the jvarafsi of badna
'banana', and can belong to no other word. The form of the
affix -badn- may be inferred from the form of the word badna,
and vice versa (if the final vowel of badna is known).
Place Keywords:
1. affix in the sense of "bound morpheme"
2. word
3. form in the sense of "morphology, phonology, semantics, etc."
4. language