View source for exhaustive list of short fu'ivla forms


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|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