rafsi

rafsi

Building block (or blocks) of lujvo (compound words)

See also: CouldaBeenRafsi

See also: Desirability of rafsi

An affix - with the proviso that all gismu have one or more of them. Affixes are rather more plentiful in Lojban than they tend to be in most languages.

Quick summary:

• 1342 (all) gismu have 5-letter rafsi (itself)
• 1337 (all but brodV) gismu have 4-letter rafsi (itself minus final vowel)
• 1103 gismu have at least one 3-letter rafsi
  • 207 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CCV
  • 833 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVC
  • 393 gismu have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVV
  • 5 gismu (bloti cmene cmoni rotsu zgike) have both CCV and CVV
  • 48 gismu have both CVC and CCV
  • 238 gismu have both CVC and CVV
  • 3 gismu (bloti condi rotsu) have all three
• 94 cmavo have at least one 3-letter rafsi
  • 2 cmavo (da, je) have 3-letter rafsi of the form CCV
  • 83 cmavo have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVC
  • 28 cmavo have 3-letter rafsi of the form CVV
  • 2 cmavo (da, je) have both CCV and CVC
  • 12 cmavo have both CVC and CVV

The top ten most frequently used rafsi on IRC are sel, jbo, pre, tol, sam, smu, sku, bau, nor, and vla. For a complete list, read this.