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la xod cusku di'e
> ca'e indicates it's on the authority of the speaker, but definitions are
> larger than that.
{ka'u} then?
> According to Nick:
[...]
> lo'e makes claims that are generic and intrinsic to the
> referent, i.e. "Lions live in Africa";
That's not an "intrinsic" property, as John has pointed out.
> "Lions live in Africa" is a claim in some way definitional of lions, or at
> least characteristic of them.
I don't see that it is definitional either, at least I don't think my
concept of what a lion is would change if there were no more lions in
Africa. It seems to me that it is just typical/characteristic. {na'o}
would seem to cover it.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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