See also Obsolete experimental cmavo.
For conciseness, some series of cmavo have been condensed into one entry. In these, V represents the last vowel of the cmavo, and N represents the number in the series (a=1 ... u=5).
(Incidentally, I'd like to ask whoever's proposing these to perhaps let this space be used for new constructs, not just single-word abbreviations for 2-4 other words.) — rab.spir
- feel free to add links to new pages that subdivide the experimentals into 'new constructs' vs 'abbreviatory'. But this list is a catalogue of all experimental cmavo not declared obsolete by their proposer. --And
| a'a'a | UI | Please repeat; I couldn't parse | ||
| ba'oi | ROI | possible futures ROI: "p (= bridi) in PA possible future worlds (sharing same past as q) in which q (= sumti tagged by ba'oi)": (cf. mu'ei): (proposed by AndR) | ||
| bei'e | MAI | Placed as an evidential. The number added to the front is the decibels of logarithmic Bayesian probability the speaker assigns to the word or phrase that the {bei'e} refers to. | ||
| bi'ai | CAhA | must be: modal aspect: necesary attribute | ||
| boi'a...boi'u | KEI | interpreted as if cei brodV were assigned to terminated bridi | ||
| bua'a'a | UI | Before I kill you I will explain my master plan | ||
| bu'ai | NU | Abstractor to create logically quantified selbri variable to be used in predicate logic of third or higher order. Used with xe'u. (proposed by guskant.) | ||
| ca'ai | CAhA | "in This World is": (equivalent to but preferable to nau'a). This may be the same as a simple ca'a --And | ||
| ci'oi | COI | Psychomimes. Narrower term than tai'i. (cp ci'o, cinmo.) (proposed by tijlan.) | ||
| da'ai | LA | yields sumti functioning as da-series KOhA. (proposed by AndR) | ||
| da'au | NA | bridi tautology: bridi tautology marker; transforms an entire bridi into a tautology | ||
| dau'au | NU | interpreted as if du'au ce'u | ||
| du'au | NU | x1 is a (true?) completion to incomplete proposition expressed by bridi within the abstraction | ||
| fai'a...fai'u | FA | tags sumti that is ur-xN (before SE conversion). And | ||
| fau'a...fau'u | ZOhU | interpreted as if ce'u goi fo'V zo'u if following ka or du'au and as if ke'a goi fo'V zo'u if following poi, noi, voi or poi'i. | ||
| fau'u | COI | "Forgive me!" as vocative. I did not know fau'u was listed in experimental anaphorics above when I added fau'u as COI to jbovlaste. However, I did not find the actual anaphoric use of fau'u, so keep it suggested as COI. fau'u ro do. (proposed by guskant.) | ||
| fei'a...fei'u | KU | interpreted as if ku goi fo'V | ||
| foi'a...foi'u | KOhA | adnex-bound pro-sumti | ||
| goi'a | GOI | disambiguates goi's meaning. | ||
| ja'ai | NAI | affirm last word: attached to cmavo to affirm them; denies negation by nai whenever it is applicable.: [Proposed by Mark Shoulson. (mi'e And)] | ||
| jai'a | NA | unequivocally true | ||
| ja'u | BAI | as shown by: jarco modal, 1st place, as shown by... | ||
| ka'ei | CAhA | "in some world is": (equivalent to su'o mu'ei) --And | ||
| kai'a | NU | interpreted as if ka ce'u | ||
| kau'a...kau'u | ZOhU | interpreted as if ce'u goi ko'V zo'u if following ka or du'au and as if ke'a goi ko'V zo'u if following poi, noi, voi or poi'i. | ||
| kei'a...kei'u | KU | interpreted as if ku goi ko'V | ||
| ki'ai | COI | ejaculative ("damn! shit! bah! yowie!"): (cp krixa, ki'a-): (proposed by AndR) | ||
| ko'ai | LA | yields sumti functioning as ko'a-series KOhA: (proposed by AndR) | ||
| koi'a...koi'u | KOhA | adnex-bound pro-sumti | ||
| ko'oi | UI | Discursive: imperative. Broader term than au, a'o, e'o, e'u, e'a, ei. "ko" is a short form of "do ko'oi". (proposed by guskant) | ||
| la'ei | LA | lo : loi: lo'e le : lei : le'e la : lai : la'ei
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| lau'a | LE | (ro) lau'a broda = ro lu'a lo klesi be lo'i broda | ||
| lau'e | LE | lau'e broda = lo'e ro lu'a lo klesi be lo'i broda | ||
| lau'i | LE | lau'i broda = lo klesi be lo'i broda | ||
| lau'o | LE | (pi ro) lau'o broda = (pi ro) lu'o (ro lu'a) lo klesi be lo'i broda | ||
| le'ai | LEhAI | Replace recently uttered text | ||
| le'ei | LE | Intensional e-gadri [candidate meaning for le'e] | ||
| lei'e | LE | Singularizing e-gadri [candidate meaning for le'e] | ||
| lo'ai | LOhAI | Begin quote of recently uttered text to be replaced | ||
| lo'ei | LE | Intensional o-gadri [candidate meaning for lo'e] | ||
| loi'e | LE | Singularizing o-gadri [candidate meaning for lo'e] | ||
| mu'ei | ROI | possible worlds ROI: "p (= bridi) in PA possible worlds in which q (= sumti tagged by mu'ei)": (cp. {munje, mu'e-}): (proposed by AndR) | ||
| nai'a | NA | unequivocally false | ||
| nau'a | CAhA | "in This World is": (but ca'ai is equivalent and better) --And | ||
| nei'i | GOhA | current phrase: — like nei, but not restricted to bridi --And | ||
| no'au | GOhA | next outer phrase: — like no'a, but not restricted to bridi --And | ||
| noi'a | NOI | interpreted as if noi ke'a | ||
| nu'oi | CAhA | "in some world but not This World is": (equivalent to but preferable to na'e nau'a or nau'a nai) --And | ||
| oi'a | I | interpreted as if i la'e di'u | ||
| pa'ei | LE | = da poi ke'a du le(i)'e broda a lo(i)'e broda a le du ku voi ke'a du lo(i)'e broda | ||
| poi'a | NOI | interpreted as if poi ke'a | ||
| poi'ai | NU | interpreted as if poi'i ke'a | ||
| poi'i | NU | x1 is such that poi'i abstraction is true; x1 binds ke'a within the abstraction. [proposed by AndR] Arguably can be abandoned in favour of se ka. See discussion. --And | ||
| ru'ai | KOhA | alternative form for xai that doesn't use up a monosyllabic cmavo. (proposed by AndR.) | ||
| sa'ai | SAhAI | Begin quote of replacement for recently uttered text | ||
| sa'ei | COI | expressive/ideophone ("kapow! kerrang!"): (cp sance): (proposed by AndR.) | ||
| sei'a | SEI | sei'a X sets in force, over text within its scope, nonstandard interpretive conventions specified by X. And | ||
| sei'u | UI | evidential UI, "seemingly, apparently" (< simlu) (< And) | ||
| si'ei | SI | repetition: the following word is the same as the preceding word (proposed by tsali) | ||
| tai'i | COI | Phenomimes. Broader term than ci'oi and sa'ei. (cp tai, tamsmi.) (proposed by tijlan.) | ||
| vau'a...vau'u | VAU | interpreted as if cei brodV were assigned to terminated bridi | ||
| voi'a | NOI | interpreted as if voi ke'a | ||
| xa'o | ZAhO | opposite of za'o: event contour: refers to the portion of the event which occurs before the natural beginning; starting too early before ...; <---- | ||
| xai | KOhA | they. Repeats two or more preceding sumti, as ra repeats one. (proposed by Pierre Abbat) | ||
| xei | PA | hex digit E: (because rei is too close to re, while all other numbers are very audibly distinct) | ||
| xe'e | GOI | modal phrase: modal relative phrase marker; attaches sumti modally | ||
| xe'i | ??? | ago: tense; tags the time interval from or to the reference point | ||
| xe'u | GOhA | Abstraction variable indicator brivla. Used with bu'ai. (proposed by guskant.) | ||
| xi'e | ??? | non-veridical tense/modal connective: | ||
| xi'i | XIhI | Elidable terminator for xi: removes the ambiguity in multiple subscripts. | ||
| xi'i2 | ??? | narrative connective | ||
| xi'i3 | XI | extent of truth | ||
| xo'a | XOhA | Loglan toggle: Toggles text to TLI Loglan; marks following text as TLI Loglan; Lojban equivalent of experimental Loglan "hoa" (which toggles text to Lojban) | ||
| xoi'a | PU | monotonic increase tense; "increasing linearly over time" | ||
| xoi'e | PU | exponential increase tense | ||
| zei'a | PA | (< zenba) following string of digits counts upwards from the units. E.g. zei'a pa re ci vo = 4,321. (< And) | ||
| zo'au | KOhA | begin postnex | ||
Other proposals and questions about cmavo that we might need
Addendum by John:
And's current view of some of these cmavo:
- Some of my proposals, such as {sa'ei} are merely useful (in the Swiss army knife sense) rather than indispensable. Those that are very useful and lack any clear intrabaseline alternative are mu'ei, ba'oi, ca'ai, ka'ei, nu'oi.
- For the meaning of "lack any clear intrabaseline alternative", see Criteria for evaluating experimental cmavo. --And