[lojban-beginners] Re: Five words

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 5/22/07, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 May 2007 16:59, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> > On 5/22/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
> > > bicycle
> >
> > relselxi'u
>
> relxilma'e.

I prefer relsexi'u ("two-wheeler") because it has a simpler place
structure (only two places, instead of the five for relxilma'e) but
relxilma'e is also possible, sure.

> {relselxi'u} means "has two wheels", but doesn't imply that it is
> used to go anywhere.

A lujvo doesn't need to contain a complete definition. {relselxi'u} doesn't
really mean "has two wheels" any more than {pavyseljirna} means
"has one horn". {se xislu re da} means "has two wheels". {relselxi'u},
being a lujvo, can have a more restricted or specific meaning. (Not that
it can be said to mean "bicycle" for sure at this point, but it's a good bet
that it will mean just that or something very similar.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes