A toe, a finger or a "prst"

In OmegaWiki, we have a problem in that we are busy beefing up the content. And sure, I am to blame for it myself as much as anyone else. The problem is that in order to achieve a substantial size in translations and thereby achieve some relevancy, it is easy to forget about the basic underpinning of OmegaWiki. The problem is that in several languages, there are no words as precise as the words in others. In Croatian, and some other languages, prst is the word used for both the finger and the toe. The consequence is that there should be another DefinedMeaning for prst describing it as "One of the five extremities that can be found on a hand or a foot".

Creating such a DM is not a problem however, I can not define a DM in Croatian. I can define it in English, Dutch. The issue is that a DM is defined as a combination of an Expression and a Definition in the same language. It does not stop me from creating a DM.. it does mean that we need to consider this scenario as well.

Thanks,
GerardM

Water; at least three DefinedMeanings

When the word "water" is considered, people say it is this liquid that people drink and also that it is this chemical known as H2O. Well, actually these two things are not the same. The chemical, would be closest to distilled water and, it is not healthy to drink. The water you drink has traces of all kinds of chemicals like salts in it. This what makes for it to be good to drink. Another use for the word "water" is to indicate a body of water where you can swim, raft or boat on. In essence it is short for open water and as such it can be both salt and fresh water.


It has been said before by many, it is the simple words where "everyone" understands what is ment which are the hardest to define.

Thanks,
GerardM