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[jbovlaste] Re: Re: No Catch
> You ask if it's "possible" to construct a "proper" lujvo for "catch".
> 1) I think that it's certainly possible to construct such a lujvo. The lujvo
> may not be very good, but it's still possible.
> 2) What's a "proper" lujvo? Well-formed? Easily guessed? Both?
> 3) What meaning(s) of "catch" do you want the lujvo to mean? How do you
> discriminate between different lujvo for the sense you want? Does catching a fish
> use the same word as catching a ball thrown to you? Does a dog catch a
> Frisbee with the same word that I catch a Frisbee with? How is the catching
> performed? What is caught? Using the word "catch" leaves a lot of leeway. (In
> fact, "kavbu" captures some, but not all, of the senses of 'catch'.)
You're right, I had to specify my question more _properly_ :)