From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Sep 05 17:58:34 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1ECRn6-0002xw-N7 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:58:24 -0700 Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1ECRn4-0002xm-He for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:58:24 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r4.1.) id d.212.85eaf0a (25508) for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:58:16 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <212.85eaf0a.304e43a8@wmconnect.com> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:58:16 EDT Subject: [lojban] gerzda (ambiguity in lujvo vs. in tanru) To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_212.85eaf0a.304e43a8_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 52 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 10498 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_212.85eaf0a.304e43a8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/5/2005 4:22:28 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > I was under the impression that lujvo were vague, not ambiguous. A > {gerzda} is some sort of nest/house/dwelling with some sort of > dog-like aspect to it, right? It is not necessarily a doghouse as > English-speakers understand the term. It's tanru that are ambiguous. Each lujvo takes one specific meaning of a tanru and concretizes that single meaning. The other meanings of the tanru require other lujvo (or none at all). stevo --part1_212.85eaf0a.304e43a8_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message=20= dated 9/5/2005 4:22:28 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org=20= writes:


I was under the impression=20= that lujvo were vague, not ambiguous. A
{gerzda} is some sort of nest/house/dwelling with some sort of
dog-like aspect to it, right? It is not necessarily a doghouse as
English-speakers understand the term.
It's tanru that are ambiguous.  Each lujvo takes one specific meani= ng of a tanru and concretizes that single meaning.  The other meanings=20= of the tanru require other lujvo (or none at all).

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