Meanings
- grammarA proper name, or proper noun, respelled according to Lojban rules; reckoned as a part of speech separate from brivla (content words) and cmavo (function words).
Cmene are always written with a period at the end, and if they start with a vowel then also with a period at the beginning.
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These minor restrictions are due to the fact that all Lojban cmene embedded in a speech stream will be preceded by one of these words or by a pause. With one of these words embedded, the cmene might break up into valid Lojban words followed by a shorter cmene.
1997, John W. Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language, →ISBNI removed from the frequency list all cmene and unknown lujvo and cmavo.
a. 2001, Chris Double, https://web.archive.org/web/20050910052916/http://www.double.co.nz/lojban/ http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.double.co.nz/lojban/cmene always end with a consonant followed by a mandatory pause (a period). No other Lojban word ends with a consonant.
2005, Xah Lee, Learn Lojban Fast
Origin
- Lojban-
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- Englishcmene
Borrowed from Lojban.
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cmene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cmene
“cmene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cmene. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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