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Why would homophones / homonyms even be a problem if / when the meaning is obvious from the context.
In Finnish I can say ”kuusi palaa” which could mean ”six pieces”, ”a fir tree is on fire”, ”your moon is on fire” or even ”piece(s) of your moon” but nobody would be confused with any real world use of that piece of sentence.
Even this infamous artificial example is obvious to any fluent speaker with some thought: ”-Kokko! Kokoo kokoon koko kokko. -Koko kokkoko? -Koko kokko, Kokko.” (-[Person named] Kokko! Assemble together the entire bonfire. -The entire bonfire? -[Yes,] the entire bonfire, Kokko)
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