History: brivla

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From the Lojban web site FAQ (http://www.lojban.org/files/brochures/faq.htm): __brivla__: any word that can state a relationship among several objects or concepts, and thus be the core word in a Lojban ((bridi)) -- a "predicate word" brivla are in the main ((gismu)), ((lujvo)) and ((fu'ivla)). A few ((cmavo)) can also behave as ((brivla)). ---- As noted above, these words state a relationship, and not an entire ((bridi)), so a better word is ((selbrivla)), i.e. ''valsi lo selbri'' (a word which means a ((selbri))). ---- Why isn't it ((brivo))? If vo was a rafsi for valsi for purposes of making a few new gismu (cmavo = cmalu valsi, lujvo = pluja valsi), why not for this one?