ra'oi ZOhOI experimental cmavo

single-word rafsi quote; quotes a single word delimited by pauses (in speech) or whitespace (in writing) and treats it as a rafsi

Useful for quoting rafsi that aren't legal words on their own. See http://mw.lojban.org/papri/unspeakable_rafsi_gotcha for details.


In definition:

brarafsi
x1 ("ra'oi"-quote) is a long (unreduced) rafsi/combining form of word/concept x2 in language x3.
cmarafsi
x1 ("ra'oi"-quote) is a short (reduced) rafsi/combining form of word/concept x2 in language x3.

In notes:

do'oi
generic single-word generic vocative marker; identifies intended listener with a single, possibly non-Lojban word, delimited by pauses (in speech) or by whitespace (in writing).
ma'oi
selma'o quote; quotes a word (a cmavo) and uses it to name a selma'o.
ra'oijbo
x1 is someone who constantly annoyingly reminds other Lojbanists including x2 to not forget about mandatory pauses in speech
zei'ei'au (exp!)
begin quote that is converted into rafsi, distributing lujvo-glue between quoted words
zifyvlaklerafsi
x1 (quote) is a zi'evla/fu'ivla categorizer particle/morpheme/unit with meaning/indicating category x2, having properties x3, and that is appended in zi'evla (full word) x4, in language x5