Polysemy testing

Conlangs Toki Pona
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Not lipamanka but after reading the rest of this thread I think I find this analysis sensible:

  1. lipu pu p25:

    A verb is a word that expresses an action done to a noun. To form a sentence with a verb, follow this model: NOUN + li + VERB + e + NOUN

  2. Pigeonhole it -- there are only about 20 verbs given lexical definitions in lipu pu. All of these are transitive by definition.

  3. Intransitive presentations of true lexical verbs are similar to filling the objects with ijo, as per Polysemy testing - #16 by _at

As per Polysemy testing - #31 by magnap it may also be sensible to interpret what looks like an intransitive verb as an adjective filling the verb slot.

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