From phma@webjockey.net Thu Mar 13 14:17:20 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 13 Mar 2003 22:17:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 5560 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 22:17:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Mar 2003 22:17:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 22:17:19 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tb0p-0002XD-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:17:19 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tb0f-0002Wu-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:17:09 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:17:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from 208-150-110-21-adsl.precisionet.net ([208.150.110.21] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tb0V-0002WL-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:17:00 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id F40503480; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:16:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] polysemy Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:16:57 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303131716.57552.phma@webjockey.net> X-archive-position: 4503 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Pierre Abbat Reply-To: phma@webjockey.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 If I use the term "jesymabru" for both the spiny anteater (zalgosu) and the hedgehog (ernace), is that polysemy? Does it matter if I call the porcupine (jesyratcu) "jesymabru" or not? phma -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga