la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 17/01/2026The periodic table, but every element's name is generated from the Lojban root-word algorithm 100
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 14/09/2025It's been 100 days since NALVAI was released, and it has reached 10% of its target. See the project here: nalvai.github.io It's time to tidy up the existing entries. So, I'm closing the #lojban WOTD. Thank you to all the contributors, and please contribute if you find this useful! #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 14/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 14): co'o {co'o} expresses the speaker's parting. The next noun identifies the audience. In other words, "Goodbye!" - .i ku'i ko cu na cusku *zo co'o* - I beg you, don't say *"goodbye"*. (from "Ĉarma Anomali’" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 13/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 13): coi {coi} expresses the speaker's greeting. The next noun identifies the audience. In other words, "Hello!" - lu *coi do* xu do tirna .i xu do zvati li'u - "*Hello.* Anyone out there. Anybody home." (from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la piier) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 12/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 12): ciksi ciksi - to explain ... (a phenomenon etc.) ciksi fi - to explain to ... (audience) ciksi fo - to explain with ... (an explanation) - .i .ai mi *ciksi* no da - I will *explain* nothing. (from "koi do mi na" by Mèremim) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 11/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 11): tirna tirna - to hear ... tirna fi - to hear something against (noise) ... - .i mi mu'i ma cu djica lo nu ro da cu tirna - Why do I want to be heard by everyone? (from "Guitar, Loneliness and Blue Planet" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 10/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 10): badri badri - (a person) to be sad lo badri - someone sad lo se badri - a saddening event - .i ku'i co'a *badri* gi'e se kanla tolkli - But [I] started *feeling gloomy*, and my vision became blurry; (from "Route Sphere" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 09/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 9): ranji ranji - to continue lo ranji - a continuing event lo se tanji - interval of continuity - .i je ku'i pau le clupa ca ma *mo'u ranji* - But when will this cycle *cease to continue*? (from "The Lost One's Weeping" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 08/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 8): pencu pencu: to touch pencu fi: to touch with … pencu fo: to touch (something) at … (part of x2) - na curmi le nu do pencu le vi cifnu sei ko'e cusku - "You're not touching this baby", she said. (from "Little Things" translated by Jordan DeLong) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 07/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 7): o'a {o'a} means that the speaker feels pride about the event/statement. {o'a nai} means that the speaker feels shame. - .o'a mi na jai se fanta lo nabmi - Ha! I wasn't stopped by the probem. (from "la mu'e cuxna lo bradi" by la blutolpinxe) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 06/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 6): zi {zi} is a preposition. It means the event is near the next noun (or "now" if there's none) in time. - .i je ku'i mi todlanka *ba zi* - But *soon* I'll be a chrysalis (from "dansu co toldi" by la janbe, listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B156...) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 05/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 5): zo'oi {zo'oi} quotes the next word, whether Lojban or not. The quote ends with a pause (in speech) or a period/space (in writing). - .i do stidi lo du'u ma valsi la'e zo'oi unlisted - What word would you suggest for "unlisted"? (from roljbogu'e chatlog) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 04/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 4): cadzu cadzu: to walk (on …) cadzu fi: to walk with (limbs) … lo cadzu: walker lo se cadzu: surface walked on lo te cadzu: limbs for walking - .i se mu'i bo .e'u ko di'a mo'i ca'u cadzu - So walk forth once again! (from "Colorful" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 03/09/2025#lojban WOTD (Sep 3): je'i {je'i} connects two constructions and asks the listener which connective applies. - .i do co'a jimpe *.i je'i* .ei mi rapli cfari - Are you beginning to get the picture *or* do I have to start all over? (from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la .piier.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 02/09/2025#lojban word of the day (Sep 2): pa'o {pa'o} is a preposition meaning "passing through ..." - *pa'o le dilnu* ge gusni gi tisna se gau lo nu le cnise'i cu culno da - *Through the clouds*, a light that fills and makes my heart full (from "Haruhikage" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 01/09/2025#lojban WOTD (Sep 1): vasru vasru: to contain se vasru: to be contained in - .i xu ko'a simsa lo uedlei noi le stedu be ke'a cu vasru lo dicygapci besna - Are they like the weddilei, whose head has an electron plasma brain inside? (from "They're Made Out of Meat" translated by la .piier.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 31/08/2025#lojban WOTD (Aug 31): zi'e {zi'e} joins relative expressions. - .i ny ponse re je'erma'a poi cikna zi'e noi xamgu se pilno fi lo nu glagau lo cerni sanmi - He had two volcanoes that were active and convenient for heating his breakfast. (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 30/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 30): traji traji - to be the most ...; to be the ...-est traji fi - to be the most in direction ... traji fo - to be the most among ... - .i py. *cmalu traji* fo lo ro mei - It *was the smallest* of all. (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 29/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 29): xendo xendo - to be kind to ... xendo fi - to be a kind by doing ... - .i jimpe fe lo du'u do cu traji lo ka *xendo* kei fo lo'i prenu .ia - I understand that you are *kind*er than all those people. (from "ODDS&ENDS" translated by la .tirprij.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 28/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 28): jarco jarco: to show jarco fi: to show something to … - .i lo tai lerfu cu na jarco ja sinxa lo se cusku be fo lo papri - Those letters neither indicate nor prefigure what the pages inside will say. (from "The Library of Babel" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 27/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 27): culno culno - to be full of ... se culno - (of a substance) to fill ... fully - .i je di'a *culno* lo ka xanka kei ku fa mi - ..., and once again I'm *filled with* worry. (from "Ĉarma Anomali’" translated by la .tirprij.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Bb... #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 26/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 26): darlu darlu - to argue lo se darlu - argument lo te darlu - opposing argument - .i je'u *lo se darlu* cu mapti lo masti karni po'o - And indeed *that argument* is only fit for the monthly magazines. (from "The scientific Ape" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 25/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 25): janli janli - to collide with, to bump into se janli - to be collided with - ca ku lo stedu be .abu cu *janli* lo drudi be lo kumfa - Just at this moment her head *struck against* the roof of the hall. (from "Alice in Wonderland" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 24/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 24): lijda lijda - to be a religion se lijda - to believe in a religion te lijda - (doctrine/tenet/belief etc.) to be believed in a religion - .i mu'a so'i lijda cu jai se cevni noda - For example, many religions don't have any gods. (from roljbogu'e chatlog) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 23/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 23): bacru bacru - to speak (doesn't imply audience) se bacru - (sound, words etc.) to be spoken - xu do pu'i *bacru* tu'a le vi .anji - Can you *read out* this kanji? (from "The Lost One's Weeping" translated by la .tirprij. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TA1...) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 22/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 22): prali prali - to be a profit se prali - to profit te prali - to result in profit - .i ca lo cabna cedra *na prali* fi lo nu na jundi tu'a lo bangu klesi - In the current times, *there's no use* in ignoring the dialects. (from "Official Lojban" by la uakci) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 21/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 21): va'u {va'u} takes a noun (sumti) after it. va'u: benefiting from se va'u: with beneficiary te va'u: with goodness standard - .i .e'o ko pirfi'i lo lanpanzi se va'u mi - If you please - draw me a sheep! (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 20/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 20): cirko cirko: to lose lo cirko: loser (of a thing) lo se cirko: something lost lo te cirko: condition/environment of loss - ca ku la dorotis cu *cirko lo ka pacna* - Then Dorothy *lost heart*. (from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" translated by la solpa'i) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 19/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 19): pagbu pagbu - to be a part of ... se pagbu - to have ... as its part(s) - .i do punji *lo cmalu pagbu be do* lo nenri be le vasru - You put *a tiny part of yourself* into the vessel, ... (from "The Egg" translated by me) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 18/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 18): xlali xlali: to be bad for..., to be unacceptable for ... se xlali: to suffer from ... te xlali: to be a standard of badness - .i mi na pu djica lo nu do se xlali - I never wished you any sort of harm. (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 17/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 17): cinmo cinmo - to feel (an emotion) se cinmo - (an emotion) to be felt te cinmo - to make someone feel an emotion of ... - .i mi *cinmo* lo ka pindi bo se jinzi - I *felt* inherently poor (from "prami simbi'o" by la solpa'i, www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3BQ...) #conlang 030
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 16/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 16): desku desku - to shake (intransitive) se desku - to shake (transitive) - .i ro le briju dinju cu porpi je *desku* - The office buildings were collapsing and *shaking*. (from "Headphone Actor" translated by la .tirprij., www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7jX...) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 15/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 15): du {du} is the identity predicate. It means that all of its arguments refer to the same thing. - *du* la .totos. fa lo jai gau cmila be fai la .dorotis. - *It was* Toto that made Dorothy laugh. (from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" translated by la solpa'i) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 14/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 14): ja'o {ja'o} expresses that the statement is a conclusion by the speaker. - .i *ja'o* e'o sidju gi'e zukte fi lo xamgu be lo balvi jbopre - *So,* please help and do something for the betterment of upcoming Lojbanists. (from "lo jbobau cu mo" by la solpa'i) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 13/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 13): u'a {u'a} signifies that the event/statement is seen as a gain/benefit by the speaker. {u'a nai} signifies that it's seen as a loss. - .i ku'i do jbosku ca le cabdei iau *.u'a dai* - But you spoke in Lojban today. *Gain for you!* (from roljbogu'e chatlog) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 12/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 12): ta'i {ta'i} takes a noun (sumti) after it. ta'i - by method ... se ta'i - as (a) method for ... te ta'i - as (a) method under condition ... - *ta'i ma* nerkla lo mi'a zdani - *How* did [you] get into our house? (from "Snow White" translated by la solpa'i) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 11/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 11): xrani xrani: (event) to damage/injure lo xrani: a damaging event lo se xrani: something damaged lo te xrani: damaged property lo ve xrani: damage/injury - .i ki'u tu'a mi ro da se xrani - Because of me everyone gets hurt. (from "koi do mi na" by Mèremim) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 10/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 10): casnu casnu - to discuss se casnu - to be talked about lo casnu - participant of discussion lo se casnu - topic - fi'i sai susan mi'e pal mi'o pu fonxa casnu - Welcome Susan! I'm Pal, we talked on phone before. (from "la nicte cadzu" by Robin Lee Powell) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 09/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 9): jgari jgari - to hold, to grasp jgari fi - to hold with … (part of x1) jgari fo - to hold (something) at … (part of x2) - .i mi co'u cadzu gi'e jgari do fo lo birjanco - I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. (from "The Egg" translated by me) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 08/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 8): farvi farvi: to evolve into … farvi fi: to evolve from … farvi fo: to evolve through stages … - […] .i lo'e xekce cu skuna di'u .i na nelci lo nu lo jbobau cu *farvi* - "…!" The naysayers say, not liking it when Lojban *develops*. (from roljbogu'e chatlog) #conlang 130
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 07/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 7): zanfu'a zanfu'a: (of events) fortunate se zanfu'a: (of people) fortunate lo zanfu'a: serendipity - .i zanfu'a la .kanzas. fa lo nu do se besna - It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains. (from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" translated by la solpa'i) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 06/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 6): senva senva - to dream of … se senva - to be dreamt of lo senva - dreamer lo se senva - dream - .i se mu'i bo mi lo purci cu na senva - ..., so I'll stop dreaming about the past (from "Henceforth" translated by la .tirprij. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u28W...) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 05/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 5): mukti mukti: (an event) to motivate se mukti: to be done for motivation … te mukti: to be motivated to … - di'u na xamgu mukti lo nu co'a casnu - This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. (from "Alice in Wonderland" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 04/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 4): punji punji - to put, to place punji fi - to put/place (something) at ... - .i mi mi *punji* lo se kuspe be py. - I *would bring* myself down to his level. (lit. I *would put* myself within his range.) (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 03/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 3): gacri gacri - (of an object) to cover ... lo gacri - lid, cover se gacri - to be covered with ... - .i lo flira be ny. cu *se gacri* lo cinje - Her face *was covered with* wrinkles. (from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" translated by la solpa'i) #conlang 020
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 02/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 2): jgira jgira - to be proud lo jgira - someone proud lo se jgira - pride (that of which one is proud) - mi *jgira* lo nu jungau ny. lo du'u mi vofli - I *was proud to* have him learn that I could fly. (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 01/08/2025#lojban word of the day (Aug 1): sanji sanji - to be aware of, to recognize se sanji - to be recognized - .i je ku'i xu le do cnise'i cu se sanji - ..., and are [you] aware of your feelings? (from "The Lost One's Weeping" translated by la .tirprij. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TA1...) #conlang 000
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#lojban word of the day (Jul 31): catlu catlu - to look at, to watch se catlu - to be looked at - ni'o gy catlu lo junla noi rilti se sance gi'e cpana lo se dacru - And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of drawers. (from "The Metamorphosis" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 30/07/2025#lojban word of the day (Jul 30): binxo binxo: to become, change into… lo binxo: becomer lo se binxo: result of change - .i pa te tavla cu rarna binxo le vajrai - One topic naturally became the most important. (from "The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh" translated by la komfo,amonan) #conlang 010
la nalvai @nalvai.bsky.social · 29/07/2025#lojban word of the day (Jul 29): frica frica - to differ from ... lo frica - something different lo te frica - difference - .i ry. rinka lo nu lo djedi cu *frica* lo drata djedi - They are what make one day *different from* other days. (from "The Little Prince" translated by la .xorxes.) #conlang 000