Re: [lojban] Lujvo coinage in a hypothetical Lojbanistan

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree,
> though, that context helps, and I agree that it should be possible to define
> new lujvo in pure Lojban. I guess this refines my question a little bit:
> must lujvo be definable in pure Lojban? Not necessarily only with the gismu
> that are used to construct them, but in some other pure Lojban?

Yes, the idea is that the Lojban vocabulary is rich enough that
anything you want can be said with it. Of course new words will always
be added (as in any living language), and with time they may acquire
their own subtle connotations, but in principle there is no reason why
the meaning of those words should not be explainable with the existing
vocabulary, with suitably lengthy explanations if needed.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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