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Re: [lojban] ma smuni zo senva



On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> > Dream(1) means "to see while sleeping", and dream(2) is similar to
> > "wish" or "hope". And I cannot imagine a concept that covers both
> > meanings at once. Maybe this is a Worfian effect. zo'o Which of two
> > {senva} means?

> The first, only.

    But gimste gives the keyword 'reverie' for {senva}! Shame to me, I
haven't know this word before (my english is far from perfect), but my
english-to-russian dictionary gives the second meaning for it (russian
"mechta").

-- 
Cyril Slobin <slobin@ice.ru>