Labels: What on earth is an "otaly"?

[Koen G]

As I've said before, all languages I know of can have various meanings for the same word. 

There's also the possibility of various languages being used. There's an easy way to get an idea of this (though it only scratches the surface). Just enter any short word with relatively simple spelling (like CVC) into wiktionary and see how many languages you get. 

For example, "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view." gives 14 languages, often with several meanings per language (in Dutch, "ros" means "red hair" and "horse").

Add to that the fact that scientific words (plant names, heavenly bodies...) are often loans or corrupted loans, and you get an increased possibility of multilingual input.

And finally, there is the in my opinion real possibility that Voynichese somewhat simplifies the spoken form of the language. This, again, increases the chances for homonymy. 

Just to say, based on these data I don't think we can conclude that "labels are not object identifications". Maybe some labels are not, but mere homonymy is not enough to deduce this.