History: rafsi

Source of version: 2 (current)

From the Lojban web site FAQ (http://www.lojban.org/files/brochures/faq.htm): __rafsi__: building block(s) of ((lujvo)) compound words ---- 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))