rafsi zi'evla

Talking about rafsi in Lojban can get inconvenient. Not only must some rafsi be quoted like cmevla (e.g. {zo .lob. rafsi zo lojbo}), but rafsi of the form CCV can't be quoted at all. This caused the experimental {ra'oi} to be invented, but that's not necessarily a pretty solution because it still requires obnoxious quoting.

I therefore had the idea to use a simple, predictable algorithm that lets us refer to any rafsi via a regularly generated zi'evla. The system is simple:

1. Use the zi'evla prefix -rafr- or -rafsr- (it doesn't matter).
2. Add the rafsi. If the rafsi begins with r, use the zi'evla prefix -rafn- (or -rafsn- instead)
3. If the rafsi ends in a consonant, add any of the five normal vowels. Probably -i is preferable, since it's also the last vowel of {rafsi}.

That's it.

Here are some examples that use each type of rafsi:

rafsi	zi'evla
-bal-	rafrbali
-tsa-	rafrtsa
-bi'o-	rafrbi'o
-gai-	rafrgai
-ro'u-	rafnro'u

Now you can talk about rafsi without ever needing to quote them:

lo rafrlo'i cu rafsi zo bloti -lo'i- is the rafsi of {bloti}

You can even easily use them in tanru now:

lo nintadni cu su'o roi rafrpi'o se cfipu Beginners sometimes are confused about -pi'o-