What is a good lujvo meaning "aphorism" or "epigram"?
It should express some of these qualities of an aphorism:
Some gismu that I have considered:
(This is an experiment: I want to see if the wiki is a good place to have this kind of discussion. I have chosen one, which I'll put here soon enough. I still want to see if anybody has a better idea. mi'e jezrax)
(I have used banzushort for clani banzu selskufor this.)
Experiment failed!
mi jdice di'e
'cpinyctu' - cpina ctuca
x1 "pungently teaches" to x2 info x3 about x4 by method x5
To teach in a striking or vivid way. (No change from the place structure of ctuca.)
We can call this a literal usage if we're willing to say that the x2 of cpina (the sense which detects the pungency) can include the "sense of appropriateness". Otherwise it's a metaphor, but it doesn't seem tricky at all.
'cpinyctusku' - cpinyctu cusku
agent cusku1=ctuca1 teaches by expressing cusku2 to cusku3=ctuca2
x1 tells a fable, proverb, epigram, pointed anecdote, or other "pungent" teaching saying. (Any further places added to the place structure would be easy to get wrong.)
I will write se cpinyctusku for "aphorism". (Also a good start for a bacrynandu.)