Proposed Definitions And Examples
Proposed Definition of ba'a
- ba'a (UI2)
- I anticipate — evidential: I expect - I experience - I remember — (cf. bavykri, lifri, morji)
Examples of ba'a Usage
ba'a seems to be used in a mostly non-temporal sense. That is, it is rarely used to express "I expect that X will happen", but rather something like "I presume that X would be the case".
ba'anai does seem to be unambiguously used to refer to things in the past.
Temporal usages
ba'a do bazu djuno fi ro djedi
I expect that in the far future, you will know every day.
.ua .i ba'anai
Oh yeah, I remember now.
Non-temporal usages
.i y xu ro pipybanfi cu respa - ba'a na mabru
Are frogs reptiles? I don't expect them to be mammals.
.i lenu mi joi la tal. puzi casnu ti cu mukti lenu mi te preti fo do .i ba'a loi mlatu loi gerku cu zmadu leka kukte .i xu tugni
Me and Tal's recent discussion prompted me to ask you. I expect cats to taste better than dogs. Do you agree?
ma se xabju do vi la astn - ba'a vi la ubuty. xabju
Where near Austin do you live? Probably near UT.
ba'a do xabju le jecrsautkarolaina
You probably live in South Carolina.
I tentatively rule that usage is in error, and that the temporal interpretation should remain/become the official interpretation.
Proposed Definition of ca'e
- ca'e (UI2)
- I define — evidential: I define — (cf. mitcu'a, mitsmu)
Examples of ca'e Usage
Proposed Definition of ja'o
- ja'o (UI2)
- I conclude — evidential: I conclude — (cf. selni'i, ni'ikri)
Examples of ja'o Usage
Proposed Definition of ju'a
- ju'a (UI2)
- I state — evidential: I state - (default) elliptical/non-specific basis — (cf. xusra)
Examples of ju'a Usage
Proposed Definition of ka'u
- ka'u (UI2)
- I know culturally — evidential: I know by cultural means (myth or custom) — (cf. kluju'o)
Examples of ka'u Usage
Proposed Definition of pe'i
- pe'i (UI2)
- I opine — evidential: I opine (subjective claim) — (cf. jinvi)
Examples of pe'i Usage
Proposed Definition of ru'a
- ru'a (UI2)
- I postulate — evidential: I postulate — (cf. sruma)
Examples of ru'a Usage
Proposed Definition of se'o
- se'o (UI2)
- I know internally — evidential: I know by internal experience (dream, vision, or personal revelation) — (cf. senv
a)
Examples of se'o Usage
Proposed Definition of su'a
- su'a (UI2)
- I generalize — evidential: I generalize - I particularize; discursive: abstractly - concretely — (cf. sucta, sucn
i'i)
Examples of su'a Usage
Proposed Definition of ti'e
- ti'e (UI2)
- I hear — evidential: I hear (hearsay) — (cf. tirna, sitna, tcidu)
Examples of ti'e Usage
Proposed Definition of za'a
- za'a (UI2)
- I observe — evidential: I observe — (cf. zgana, lanli)
Examples of za'a Usage
Notes
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