History: merko

Source of version: 1 (current)

i la'e di'e pagbu le mergu'e *((jecrdelaua)) ''(Delaware)'' *((jecrflorida)) ''(Florida)'' *((jecrdjordja)) ''(Georgia)'' *((jecrkalifornia)) ''(California)'' .i va'i la ((kalifornias)) *((jecrkansa)) ''(Kansas)'' *((jecrkentaki)) ''(Kentucky)'' *((jecrkolorado)) ''(Colorado)'' *((le tcadu be fo la kolumbias)) ''(District of Columbia)'' ''to je'u ma smuni le vomoi sumti be le bridi be zo tcadu toi'' *((jecrkonetiku)) ''(Connecticut)'' *((jecrluizi,ana)) ''(Louisiana)'' *((jecrmasatcusetsa)) ''(Massachusetts)'' *((jecrmeine)) ''(Maine)'' *((jecrmerilande)) ''(Maryland)'' *((jecrmicigana)) ''(Michigan)'' *((jecrminesota)) ''(Minnesota)'' *((jecrmisisipi)) ''(Mississippi)'' *((jecrmizuri)) ''(Missouri)'' *((jecrmontana)) ''(Montana)'' *((jecrnebraska)) ''(Nebraska)'' *((jecrnevada)) ''(Nevada)'' *((jecrnortkarolaina)) i va'i berti jecrkarolaina ''(North Carolina)'' *((jecrnordakota)) i va'i berti jecrdakota ''(North Dakota)'' *((jecrnu'amcira)) i va'i cnino jecrxamcira ''(New Hampshire)'' *((jecrnudjerzi)) i va'i cnino jecrdjerzi ''(New Jersey)'' *((jecrnu,iorka)) i va'i cnino jecrxiorka ''(New York)'' *((jecrnumeksiko)) i va'i cnino mexno ''(New Mexico)'' *((jecrpensilvania)) ''(Pennsylvania)'' *((jecnrodailanda)) ''(Rhode Island)'' *((jecrsaudakota)) i va'i snanu jecrdakota ''(South Dakota)'' *((jecrsautkarolaina)) i va'i snanu jecrkarolaina ''(South Carolina)'' *((jectrteksa)) ''(Texas)'' *((jecrtenesi)) ''(Tennessee)'' *((jecrvermonta)) ''(Vermont)'' *((jecrvirdjinia)) ''(Virginia)'' *((jecrxaida'o)) ''(Idaho)'' *((jecrxaio,ua)) ''(Iowa)'' *((jecrxalabama)) ''(Alabama)'' *((jecrxalaska)) ''(Alaska)'' *((jecrxarizona)) ''(Arizona)'' *((jecrxarkansa)) ''(Arkansas)'' *((jecrxa,uai,i)) ''(Hawaii)'' ** Actually pronounced (In hawai'ian) such that jecry'avai,i would be better - Hawaiian w ranges from a voiced bilabial fricative (after rounded vowels) to a bilabial approximant (after unrounded vowels), but A is sometimes rounded (basically arbitrary) so the pronunciation of aw is by tradition - and the name Hawai'i comes from a long polynesian tradition that the most recently discovered island was always called Havaiki. ** ''w'' following an ''a'' is often pronounced as /w/, and this is probably more recognizable. *** To a native hawai'ian speaker (Though there are precious few nowadays) jecrxavai.i or jecry'avai.i would be the most understandable. ** Non-intervocalic ''h'' maps to ''x'' in Lojban, and there is no /x/ in Hawai`ian, so there is no confusion. *** Hawai'an phonology is such that there are no non-intervocalic consonants. **** Initial consonants are non-intervocalic in Lojban, and Hawai`ian allows those. **Having checked my Hawai'ian language literature, ''jecrfavai,i'' also works. *((jecrxilinoi)) ''(Illinois)'' *((jecrxindiana)) ''(Indiana)'' *((jecrxiuta)) ''(Utah)'' *((jecrxo'ai,o)) ''(Ohio)'' *((jecrxokla'oma)) ''(Oklahoma)'' *((jecrxoregona)) ''(Oregon)'' *((jecrxuacintona)) ''(Washington)'' *((jecrxuai,omina)) ''(Wyoming)'' *((jecrxuestrvirdjinia)) i va'i stici ((jecrvirdjinia)) ''(West Virginia)'' *((jecrxuiskonsina)) ''(Wisconsin)'' ---- The fact that these all start with {jecr} makes them practically unusable. Keep them as names and work off them with {me} tanru -- which puts the name near the front. pc>|8} ''Could you provide an example?''