gerzda (ambiguity in lujvo vs. in tanru)

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/5/2005 4:22:28 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> I was under the impression that lujvo were vague, not ambiguous. A
> {gerzda} is some sort of nest/house/dwelling with some sort of
> dog-like aspect to it, right? It is not necessarily a doghouse as
> English-speakers understand the term.


It's tanru that are ambiguous.  Each lujvo takes one specific meaning of a tanru and concretizes that single meaning.  The other meanings of the tanru require other lujvo (or none at all).

stevo