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[lojban-beginners] Re: dicussions about basic vocabulary



m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
Hello everybody,

Recently, I've asked for help to find Lojban equivalents to
"apparently simple" words like "neighbo(u)r" or "bicycle".
And I sometimes got several different replies and you have
started to discuss alternatives, meanings, pros and cons,
correcting each other, etc.

I'm just a beginner here myself -- but Lojban word formation is pretty flexible. {relxilma'e} is pretty well-established as meaning "bicycle" -- I've seen it used in that context before -- but one of several other possible words could be used, and your listener would still be able to generally understand what you mean by breaking down the word.