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From Lojban to English :
Word: prejumydu'a [jbovlaste]
Type: lujvo
Gloss Word: infect in the sense of "give contagion to"
Gloss Word: spread contagion
Gloss Word: spread virus
Gloss Word: exchange contagion
Gloss Word: give contagion to
Gloss Word: get someone sick
Definition: x1 gives/exchanges/spreads contagion x2 to x3 via means x4; x1
infects x3 with x2.
Notes: x2 is a contagion in the sense of prejume$_1$. x3 may be an
individual or a population, or even an object which itself
cannot be a long-term host of x2. This word is a brapagjvo in
part from "prejume". The infection need not be
sustained/successful (from the standpoint of the would-be
contagion x2); the infection need not be noticeable or cause
adverse effects (use this word in conjunction with "bilma"
for that) - this is purely about the act of exchanging.
Technically, lo prejume cannot really prejumydu'a something
else - English conflates "infect" as in "Harry (a person)
infected Ron (another person) with the flu" with "infect" as in
"the flu infected Ron"/"Ron was infected by the flu" (where the
point of origination is not of focus, merely the fact that the
flu is spreading throughout Ron's body).