Lojban/Vocabulary 2

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)