History: Exhaustive list of short fu'ivla forms

Source of version: 4 (current)

When worrying about whether or not a word is legal, please recall that all brivla must be stressed on the second to last syllable.

"__((nice fu'ivla forms))__" are those forms that don't contain VVV, CC/C or CCCC groups, which can never appear in lujvo, and start with one or two consonants. These nice forms are the ones that sit most comfortably among native Lojban forms.

4-letter fu'ivla
*VCCV  iglu alga (in all cases where CC is allowed non-initially, C/C is also allowed. Those are not listed separately.

5-letter fu'ivla
*CCVVV praia
*CCCVV spra'i (VV can't be a diphthong)
*VCCVV ostoi
*VCCCV astro
*VVCCV uiski

Notably, CCVCV and CVCCV aren't present in the above list, as those are the forms used by gismu.

6-letter fu'ivla
*__CVVC/CV__ ma'agni
*CVCC/CV saprka
*CCVVVV brai'oi  
*__CCVVCV__ tce'exo
*CCCVVV stroia
*CCCCVV tsmla'i (VV can't be a diphthong) (camxes won't like this form because of the initial cluster)
*VC/CVVV iksoia
*VC/CVCV odbenu
*VCCCVV astroi (VV must be a diphthong)
*VC/CCVV aksroi
*VCC/CVV asrkoi
*VCCCCV astrgo
*VVCCVV iandau
*VVCCCV iastro
*VVVCCV uaisto

7-letter fu'ivla
*CVVVCCV sa'aispa
*__CVVCCVV__ saispai (the second C can't be 'r' or 'nr')
*__CVVCCCV__ saispra (the second C can't be 'r' or 'nr')
*CVC/CVVV sarpaia
*__CVC/CVCV__ sarpasa
*__CVCCCVV__ sasprai (VV must be a diphthong)
*__CVC/CCVV__ sarprai
*CVCC/CVV sabrpai
*CVCCCCV satspra
*CCVVVVV spaiaia
*CCVVVCV spaiapa
*__CCVVC/CV__ spaipsa
*CCVCVVV spapaia
*__CCVCVCV__ spapapa
*CCVCC/CV spaprka
*CCCVVVV spraiai
*CCCVVCV spraika
*CCCVC/CV jglandi
*CCCCVVV tsmlaia (dubious initial cluster)
*CCCCVCV tsmlatu (dubious initial cluster)
*CCCCCVV stsmla'u ''(stsml? Is that legal?)''Why not? (dubious initial cluster)
*VC/CVVVV apsaiai
*VC/CVCVV apsapai ''(what! no spapai above to make this a+spapai???)''spapai is lujvo
*VC/CVVCV apsaipa
*VC/CVCCV apsaspa
*VCCVC/CV aspapsa
*VC/CCVVV arpraia
*VCC/CVVV asrkaia
*VCCCVCV eskrima ''(why not skrima in the 6s?)''skrima fails slinku'i test
*VCCCCVV asrstai 
*VCCCCCV asprkra
*VVCCCCV aitsmla
*VVC/CCVV ainstai
*VVCC/CVV aisrpai
*VVC/CVCV airpasa
*VVC/CVVV airpaia
*VVVCCCV uaispra 
*VVVCCVV uaispai
History: Exhaustive list of short fu'ivla forms

Source of version: 4 (current)

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