[jbovlaste] Re: No Catch

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 7/20/2006 8:11:53 AM Central Standard Time, ybatura@mail.ru writes:


> >> By the way, would it be possible to construct a proper lujvo for "catch" if
> >> there was no gismu {kavbu}?


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'.)

stevo