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==Semantic space==
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|moku}} includes consumption, such as eating or drinking, as well as other routes of administration.<ref name="alison2023a"/><ref name="alison2023b"/> It also includes food itself, substances fit for consumption
▲The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|moku}} includes consumption, such as eating or drinking, as well as other routes of administration.<ref name="alison2023a"/><ref name="alison2023b"/> It also includes food itself, substances fit for consumption. According to {{tp|[[monsutatesu]]}}, {{tp|moku}} mean both "to eat" and "to be food".
When used as an [[intransitive verb]], {{tp|moku}} may mean both "to eat" and "to be food". A stategy to compat ambiguity in this case is adding an object. However, according to the {{tp|[[monsutatesu]]}}, this may be ambiguous in a different manner, meanning "to consume" and "to feed".
{{Example
|mi moku e telo.
|I drink water.
}}
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