On Wednesday 11 November 2009 09:28:42 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> nalcti (fast)
>
> citka: c1 eats/ingests/consumes (transitive verb) c2
>
> c1 nalcti c2
> c1 abstains from eating c2; c1 fasts
>
> gloss:
>
> fast; abstain from eating
> diet
c2 is useful to talk about partial fasts; one could say "mi nalcti lo sligu",
for instance. But what if one never eats a particular food? Would you say "mi
nalcti lo xarju" in such a case?
Fasting also covers reduction of food intake. Then there's "juice fast". Those would not be covered by {nalcti} (not that I'm saying you asserted that).
I think 'diet' would not be a proper gloss for {nalcti}, but would fall into the reduction case.
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