[lojban] Re: squid ink

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 04:54:36PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Can it be called {kalmari xinmo}? And can a squid pen be called
> {kalmari penbi}? Squids have pen (their internal shell/skeleton)
> and ink, but they don't write.

I don't think so, no; that's just English being polysemous.
Consider making a lujvo with litki and one of skari or manku or
gacri or murta.

-Robin

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