[jbovlaste] Re: Does such a word exist ...

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:51 AM, David Zhang <david290@gmail.com> wrote:
> What if the auther means all of them one by one? What words do you suggest?
>
> la klama'u ricfoi
>

  One of the points of lojban is lessen ambiguity.  But that is
totally besides the point.  Just because a word in one language can
have many different meanings doesn't mean that there could or should
be a word in a different language that has those same range of
meanings.   For example, the Hebrew word  	חִפֵּשׂ  (xipas), can
variously mean to "to try to come up a piece of information one is
looking for (wrack one's brains)" or "to dress someone up/disguise
someone"  Try to find a single English (or lojban) word that conveys
both meanings.

                                              --gejyspa