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Lojban/Vocabulary 2
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Word list
le
cu
ti
ta
tu
goi
ko'a
zo'o
zo'onai
broda
blanu
cusku
ciska
prenu
remna
nanmu
ninmu
gasnu
zukte
rinka
cmavo
le LE the described
non-veridical descriptor: the one(s) described as ...
cu CU selbri separator
elidable marker: separates selbri from preceding
sumti, allows preceding terminator elision
ti KOhA6 this here
pro-sumti: this here; immediate demonstrative it;
indicated thing/place near speaker
ta KOhA6 that there
pro-sumti: that there; nearby demonstrative it;
indicated thing/place near listener
tu KOhA6 that yonder
pro-sumti: that yonder; distant demonstrative it;
indicated thing far from speaker&listener
goi GOI pro-sumti assign
sumti assignment; used to define/assign ko'a/fo'a
series pro-sumti; Latin 'sive'
ko'a KOhA4 it-1
pro-sumti: he/she/it/they #1 (specified by goi)
zo'o UI5 humorously
attitudinal modifier: humorously - dully - seriously
cf. xajmi, junri)
zo'onai UI*5 seriously
attitudinal modifier: humorously - dully - seriously
gismu
broda rod predicate var 1
1st assignable variable predicate (context determines
place structure)
(cf. cmavo list bu'a)
blanu bla blue
x1 is blue [color adjective]
(cf. skari, blabi, xekri, zirpu, kandi, carmi, cicna)
cusku cus sku express
x1 (agent) expresses/says x2 (sedu'u/text/lu'e
concept) for audience x3 via expressive medium x4
[also says]; (cf. bacru, tavla, casnu, spuda, cmavo
list cu'u, bangu, dapma, jufra, pinka)
ciska ci'a write ' scribe '
x1 inscribes/writes x2 on display/storage medium
x3 with writing implement x4; x1 is a scribe
[also x3 writing surface]; (cf. papri, penbi,
pinsi, tcidu, xatra, pixra, prina, finti for
'author' or specific authorial works, barna, pinka)
prenu pre person
x1 is a person/people (noun) [not necessarily human];
x1 displays personality/a persona
(cf. nanmu, ninmu, remna, zukte, sevzi)
remna rem re'a human
x1 is a human/human being/man (non-specific
gender-free sense); (adjective:) x1 is human
(cf. nanmu, ninmu, prenu)
nanmu nau man
x1 is a man/men; x1 is a male humanoid person [not
necessarily adult]
[word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist;
(use remna or prenu)]; (cf. ninmu, remna, prenu,
makcu, nanla, bersa)
ninmu nim ni'u woman ' women '
x1 is a woman/women; x1 is a female humanoid person
[not necessarily adult]
[word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist;
(use remna or prenu)]; (cf. nanmu, remna, prenu,
makcu, nixli)
gasnu gau do
x1 [person/agent] is an agentive cause of event x2;
x1 does/brings about x2
(cf. cmavo list gau, gunka, zukte, rinka, fasnu for
non-agentive events, jibri, kakne, pilno)
zukte zuk zu'e act
x1 is a volitional entity employing means/taking
action x2 for purpose/goal x3/to end x3
[also acting at, undertaking, doing; agentive cause
with volition/purpose; also x3 objective, end];
(cf. cmavo list zu'e, bapli, gunka, jalge, krinu,
mukti, rinka, snuti, gasnu, fasnu, minji, prenu,
ciksi, jibri, pilno, pluta, tadji, tutci)
rinka rik ri'a cause
x1 (event/state) effects/physically causes effect x2
(event/state) under conditions x3
[x1 is a material condition for x2; x1 gives rise to
x2]; (cf. gasnu, krinu, nibli, te zukte, se jalge,
bapli, jitro, cmavo list ri'a, mukti, ciksi, xruti)