cmavo: jo'a (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic yes, confirm a presupposition.

See Also

• {drani}

Proposed Keywords

• Yes
• indeed
• quite so
• right

Usage Examples

jo'a go'i

That's right, yes.

cmavo: kau (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate an indirect question.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

• indirect question

Usage Examples

mi na djuno lo du'u ti mo kau

I don't know what this is.

.e'o ko no da jungau lo du'u mi zvati ma kau

Please don't tell anyone where I am.

loi bangu cu ficysi'u lo ka xo kau da jicmu valsi lo skari ce'u

Languages differ in how many basic colour terms they have.

.ei do jdice lo du'u xu kau do djica lo nu klama

You ought to decide whether or not you want to go.

• issues

cmavo: li'o (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate omitted text.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

• and so on
• etc.

Usage Examples

lo pavdei cu pa moi djedi .i lo reldei cu re moi djedi .i li'o

Monday is the first day, Tuesday is the second day, and so on.

cmavo: na'i (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic not, deny a presupposition.

See Also

• {naldra}
• {nalmapti}

Proposed Keywords

• metalinguistic negation

Usage Examples

do krici ma zo kampu

What do you believe of "kampu"?

na'i go'i .i mi na djuno tu'a le gismu

No, I don't know that gismu.

cmavo: pe'a (UI3c)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate figurative / non-literal / metaphorical language.

See Also

• {metfora}

Proposed Keywords

• figurative marker
• metaphor

Usage Examples

mi mutce ke jelca pe'a cortu le kanla

I have an intense "burning" pain in my eyes.

cmavo: pe'a nai (UI*3c):

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate non-figurative / literal / non-metaphorical language.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

• literally

Usage Examples

pe'a nai lo nu zbasu lo sanso cu mentu li pa

It takes literally a minute to make the sauce.

cmavo: sa'a (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate an editorial insertion.

See Also

• {to'i}
• {lu}
• {setca}

Proposed Keywords

• editorial insertion

Usage Examples

lu .ei do ckeji sei sa'a la .alis. cu cusku li'u

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice.

cmavo: ta'u (UI3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate the expansion of a tanru.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

• expanding the tanru

Usage Examples

dei bebna mupli .i ta'u mupli lo bebna

This is a silly example, i.e. it exemplifies something silly.

Debate here.

cmavo: ta'u nai (UI*3a)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate the making of a tanru.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

• making a tanru

Usage Examples

dei mupli lo bebna i ta'u nai bebna mupli

This is an example of something silly. A silly example, we might say.

cmavo: ge'e (UI6):

Proposed Definition

Attitudinal. Used to express an unspecified emotion.

See Also

• {pei}

Proposed Keywords

• unspecified emotion

Usage Examples

fo'a di'i nai cmoni .i mo'u bacru lu ge'e frica li'u

He hems and haws. "It's different," he finally says.

cmavo: ki'a (UI6):

Proposed Definition

Attitudinal question. Used to express textual confusion.

See Also

• {cfipu}
• {kucli}

Proposed Keywords

• What?
• Textual confusion

Usage Examples

le ki'a jubme

Which table?

cmavo: ki'a nai (UI*6):

Proposed Definition

Non-question. Used to express understanding.

See Also

• {jimpe}

Proposed Keywords

• understanding

Usage Examples

ki'a nai .i do pu xalbo

I see, you were joking.

cmavo: xu (UI6):

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to pose a true-false question.

See Also

• {pei}
• {ma}
• {mo}
• {xo}
• {cu'e}
• {fi'a}
• {ji}
• {je'i}
• {gi'i}
• {gu'i}

Proposed Keywords

• yes/no question

Usage Examples

xu ti banzu

Is this enough?