[lojban-beginners] Re: Quick Reference Guide for language words

["Joel Shellman" <jshellman@gmail.com>]

On 10/29/07, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/29/07, Joel Shellman <jshellman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious... are tanru strict in implying that the set must
> > be a subset of the modificand?
>
> Not at all. For example {cinfo kalte}, "lion hunter" does not imply
> that the hunter must be a lion. It might be a person that hunts
> lions. This does not mean that "lion hunter" is a metaphor,
> of course.

lion is the modifier, hunter is the modificand. The question was are
tanru strict in implying that the set must be a subset of the
*modificand*---so, hunter, in this case.