[lojban] Re: gerzda (ambiguity in lujvo vs. in tanru)

[Brandon Wirick <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Yeah, I just read up on that today. Consequently, I had to change some
of the claims I made in my paper. Good thing I realized this now.

On 9/5/05, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:
> 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


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