Lojban

Gismu

melbi ‎(rafsi mel or mle)

1. beautiful; x₁ is beautiful/pleasant to x₂ in aspect x₃ (ka) by aesthetic standard x₄.

Derived terms

Various senses of 'cute', 'sexy', or beautiful with the modifying rafsi filling the x3 place:

• cifmle : childishly-beautiful (cinfu zei melbi); cute : babies, puppies
• citmle : youthfully-beautiful (citno zei melbi); cute/fair of face: a pretty/handsome person
• cinmle : sexually-beautiful (cinse zei melbi); sexy in an perceptive rather than agentive sense
• nolmle : nobly-beautiful (nobli zei melbi); elegant
• racmle : delicately-beautiful (ralci zei melbi); vase, lacy lingerie, lace in general.

See also

• pluka
• xamgu