Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 07:17:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Spheniscine (la zipcpi)" <spheniscine@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Possible polysemy clashes for "regular affixes" in lujvo?
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And turns out I forgot that {binxo} is also a rather promiscuous gismu! 
{clani binxo -> clabi'o "to become long"} = {X1 binxo X2 poi clani X3 [X4 
...]}

On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 9:42:45 PM UTC+8, Spheniscine (la zipcpi) wrote:
>
> Certain gismu have, over time, become treated like "prefixes" and 
> "suffixes"; they are used for many lujvo, and they make them in a highly 
> predictable manner.
>
> For example: {zabna binxo -> zanbi'o "to (improve/change in a favorable 
> manner)"} is treated as {zabna fa lo nu X1 binxo X2 X3 [X4 ...]}
> While {binxo gasnu -> bixygau "to (change something else / cause something 
> else to change)"} is treated as {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 binxo X3 X4 [X5 ...]}
>
> Unfortunately this causes clashes when two "promiscuous" gismu meet! What 
> exactly would {zangau} mean?
>
> It could mean {zabna fa lo nu X1 gasnu X2} (roughly "does good deeds / 
> does favors"), or it could mean {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 zabna X3 X4} (possibly 
> "to bless")!
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">And turns out I forgot that {binxo} is also a rather promi=
scuous gismu! {clani binxo -&gt; clabi'o "to become long"} =3D {X1 binxo X2=
 poi clani X3 [X4 ...]}<br><br>On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 9:42:45 PM UTC+8=
, Spheniscine (la zipcpi) wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;=
"><div dir=3D"ltr">Certain gismu have, over time, become treated like "pref=
ixes" and "suffixes"; they are used for many lujvo, and they make them in a=
 highly predictable manner.<div><br></div><div>For example: {zabna binxo -&=
gt; zanbi'o "to (improve/change in a favorable manner)"} is treated as {zab=
na fa lo nu X1 binxo X2 X3 [X4 ...]}</div><div>While {binxo gasnu -&gt; bix=
ygau "to (change something else / cause something else to change)"} is trea=
ted as {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 binxo X3 X4 [X5 ...]}</div><div><br></div><div>Un=
fortunately this causes clashes when two "promiscuous" gismu meet! What exa=
ctly would {zangau} mean?</div><div><br></div><div>It could mean {zabna fa =
lo nu X1 gasnu X2} (roughly "does good deeds / does favors"), or it could m=
ean {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 zabna X3 X4} (possibly "to bless")!</div></div></blo=
ckquote></div>

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