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This gives wordsmiths much more freedom: we can freely make new multi-syllable [[root]]s, or "exocentric compounds" like {{t|tıqshoaı}} (which is not a kind of {{t|shoaı}}). | This gives wordsmiths much more freedom: we can freely make new multi-syllable [[root]]s, or "exocentric compounds" like {{t|tıqshoaı}} (which is not a kind of {{t|shoaı}}). | ||
The philosophy is that not much is lost, in other words, transparent compounds aren't very useful: even if you can "reliably" analyze Lojban ''mencti'' into "mind + eat", you can ''still'' not fully infer its meaning or place structure with any certainty without looking it up in the dictionary. | The philosophy is that not much is lost, in other words, transparent compounds aren't very useful: even if you can "reliably" analyze Lojban ''mencti'' into "mind + eat", you can ''still'' not fully infer its meaning or place structure with any certainty without looking it up in the dictionary. (I doubt you can correctly guess what it means!) | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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