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CPE: wet-nurse
coidoi lobypli
le jvoste defines {verku'i} as wet-nurse, but I strongly
feel that a better definition for {verku'i} would be
nanny or babysitter*. After all, many - probably most -
{verba} have already been weaned. So how should we say
"wet-nurse" in Lojban?
* ta'o: (The English word "babysitter" is used even
when the child to be cared for is no longer a baby; &
even when the caretaker does not sit down.)
ta'onai: ("wet-nurse")
Earlier today I suggested {cifku'i} or {ladydu'a cifku'i}
for wet-nurse.
Since then I have thought of other possibilities, such
as {remladydu'a} or {sezladydu'a}, or - more explicitly -
{remladydu'a cifku'i} or {sezladydu'a cifku'i}.
If anyone has an alternative suggestion, or a comment on
a suggestion I have made, please post it to the list.
co'omi'e markl.