Re: [lojban] Possible polysemy clashes for "regular affixes" in lujvo?

[Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

2015-05-12 16:42 GMT+03:00 Spheniscine (la zipcpi) <spheniscine@gmail.com>:

Certain gismu have, over time, become treated like "prefixes" and "suffixes"; they are used for many lujvo, and they make them in a highly predictable manner.

For example: {zabna binxo -> zanbi'o "to (improve/change in a favorable manner)"} is treated as {zabna fa lo nu X1 binxo X2 X3 [X4 ...]}

While {binxo gasnu -> bixygau "to (change something else / cause something else to change)"} is treated as {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 binxo X3 X4 [X5 ...]}

Unfortunately this causes clashes when two "promiscuous" gismu meet! What exactly would {zangau} mean?

It could mean {zabna fa lo nu X1 gasnu X2} (roughly "does good deeds / does favors"), or it could mean {X1 gasnu lo nu X2 zabna X3 X4} (possibly "to bless")!

Neither zanbi'o nor zangau are in the dictionary.

1. I wouldn't create any words that lack roots. If they lack then they are naljvajvo/cimjvo.

2. In other cases I would perceive suffixes as winning over prefixes i.e. like tanru work (expanding starts from the end).

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