Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

Ivan A Derzhanski writes:
>Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:
>> But in Lojban, none of these would have the Italian MEANING of "Madonna"
>> because Lojban tanru have all manner of interpretations, and lujvo
>> select a single ad hoc one of these, but are not necessarily a part
>> of the lexicon unless picked up by the speaking community (and/or
>> enshrined in the dictionary).
>
>Indeed. {cevni mamta} `god mother' invites at least two obvious
>interpretations: `mother who is a goddess' (Thetis) and `mother
>of a god' (Alcmene).

I actually would have thought of Godmother in the Catholic sense before
either of those.

-Robin, apparently failing to break out of his cultural mode. :P

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