cmavo: ca'u (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
In front of. Spatial tense. It Indicates that the event occurs to the left of the tagged sumti. When used as a selbri tag or without without a tagged sumti, it defaults to the current location of the speaker, but can refer to other locations depending on the context.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se crane
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- front
- in front of
- forwards
- to the front of
Usage Examples
- dy co'a klama gi'e gunta le ca'u pa moi be la molki
- D started going and attacked the front-most mill.
- lo jukni ca'a dinju gasnu ca'u le mi skami jarco
- A spider is actually building a web in front of my computer screen.
Notes
"dinju" is not normally "web"; this is inferred from context because
it's a spider making it.
cmavo: ga'u (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is positioned above the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is positioned above the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se gapru
See Also
Proposed Keywords
Usage Examples
- xu do terdu'a le dakfu le tolci'o nanmu ga'u le jacfa'u
- Have you gotten the sword from the old man above the waterfall?
- mi ga'u lo ba'e tolxanri bloti cu co'e
- On top of the boat, I do something.
- ma pu ga'u muvdu
- What moved above you?
cmavo: ni'a (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is positioned below the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is positioned below the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se cnita
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- below
- downwards
- down from
Usage Examples
- mi kakne lo nu reskla ni'a le vrogai
- I can creep under the door.
- ko mo'i ni'a klama fo le serti
- Go down the stairs.
cmavo: ri'u (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is positioned to the right of the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is positioned to the right of the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se pritu
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- on the right of
- rightwards
- to the right of
Usage Examples
- le zu'a nanmu mo'i ri'u klama
- The man to my left goes to my rightwards.
- lo skami be ri'u mi cu co'u cladu
- The computer to my right stopped being loud.
- la .bil. sanli ri'u vi ku
- Bill stands nearby to my right.
- lo tadni cu zu'a nanmu gi'e ri'u ninmu
- The students are women on my left and men on my right.
cmavo: ru'u (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is wrapped around of the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is wrapped around the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se sruri
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- surrounding
- annular
- around
Usage Examples
- mi mutce le ka tatpi le nu ru'u limna
- I am very tired of swimming about here.
- .a bu tengau le birka ru'u le gumri
- Alice stretched her arms around the the mushroom.
Notes
Does this work like sruri, which has "near total containment in some dimension(s)" in the notes?
The ru'u limna example seems like it doesn't work, because Alice herself is not wrapped around anything.
Is this word actually useful for much of anything.
cmavo: ti'a (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is positioned behind of the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is positioned ... of the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se trixe
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- behind
- rearwards
- to the rear of
Usage Examples
- lo zgike sance cu klama fi lo rictu'a be ti'a le mi zdani
- The musical sounds came from the forest behind my house.
- .ii sai ko viska ti'a do
- Look out behind your!
- vy ti'a jgari sy re birka le cutne
- V hugged S from behind.
cmavo: zu'a (FAHA2)
Proposed Definition
Indicates that something is positioned to the left of the speaker. When tagging a sumti, indicates that the relation described by the bridi in question is positioned to the left of the tagged sumti.
Proposed Tag
fi'o se zunle
See Also
Proposed Keywords
- on the left of
- leftwards
- to the left of
Usage Examples
- lo tadni cu zu'a nanmu gi'e ri'u ninmu
- The students are women on my left and men on my right.
- le zu'a nanmu fa'a ri'u klama
- The man to my left goes towards my right.
General Section Issues
Most of these make no sense in front of a selbri with "mi" in the
bridi, because you can't be (for example) above yourself, so "mi
ga'u zutse" doesn't seem possible.
Does "ri'u do" mean "on your right", or "rightwards of you relative to the speaker"? Whichever it means, we need a way to say the other without leaving tenses.
- I would think {ri'u do} would be the latter, while {do ri'u} is the former. - .aionys.