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fu'ivla

fu'ivla noun: a Lojban word for a common noun which has been borrowed from another language.

Noun

fu'ivla (plural fu'ivla)

  1. (Lojban) A Lojban word for a common noun which has been borrowed from another language.
    • The use of tanru or lujvo is not always appropriate for very concrete or specific terms (e.g. 'brie', or 'cobra'), or for jargon words specialized to a narrow field (e.g. 'quark', 'integral', or 'iambic pentameter'). These words are in effect 'names' for concepts, and the names were invented by...1990, The Logical Language Group, "The Level 0 Booklet", §3.2.4

Forms of fu'ivla

pluralfu'ivla

Origin of fu'ivla

Borrowed from Lojban fu'ivla.

Questions about fu'ivla

What does fu'ivla mean?
Fu'ivla means a Lojban word for a common noun which has been borrowed from another language.
What part of speech is fu'ivla?
Fu'ivla is a noun.
What is the plural of fu'ivla?
The plural of fu'ivla is fu'ivla.

Words near fu'ivla in the dictionary

  1. fu$k
  2. fu$ked
  3. fu$king
  4. fu$ks
  5. Fu'an
  6. fu'ivla
  7. fu*k
  8. fu*ked
  9. fu*king
  10. fu*ks
  11. Fu-ch'ing

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