se :=2nd conversion; switch 1st/2nd places
te :=3rd conversion; switch 1st/3rd places
ve :=4th conversion; switch 1st/4th places
xe :=5th conversion; switch 1st/5th places
na :=bridi contradictory negator; scope is an entire bridi; logically negates in some cmavo compounds
na'e :=contrary scalar negator: other than …; not …; a scale or set is implied
no'e :=midpoint scalar negator: neutral point between je'a and to'e; "not really"
to'e :=polar opposite scalar negator
du'u :=abstractor: predication/bridi abstractor; x1 is predication [bridi] expressed in sentence x2
jei :=abstractor: truth-value abstractor; x1 is truth value of [bridi] under metaphysics x2
ka :=abstractor: property/quality abstractor (-ness); x1 is quality/property exhibited by [bridi]
li'i :=abstractor: experience abstractor; x1 is x2's experience of [bridi] (participant or observer)
mu'e :=abstractor: achievement (event) abstractor; x1 is the event-as-a-point/achievement of [bridi]
ni :=abstractor: quantity/amount abstractor; x1 is quantity/amount of [bridi] measured on scale x2
nu :=abstractor: generalized event abstractor; x1 is state/process/achievement/activity of [bridi]
pu'u :=abstractor: process (event) abstractor; x1 is process of [bridi] proceeding in stages x2
si'o :=abstractor: idea/concept abstractor; x1 is x2's concept of [bridi]
su'u :=abstractor: generalized abstractor (how); x1 is [bridi] as a non-specific abstraction of type x2
za'i :=abstractor: state (event) abstractor; x1 is continuous state of [bridi] being true
zu'o :=abstractor: activity (event) abstractor; x1 is abstract activity of [bridi] composed of x2
bi'i :=non-logical interval connective: unordered between … and … (rafsi represents any interval)
ce :=non-logical connective: set link, unordered; "and also", but forming a set
ce'o :=non-logical connective: ordered sequence link; "and then", forming a sequence
jo'e :=non-logical connective: union of sets
jo'u :=non-logical connective: in common with; along with (unmixed)
joi :=non-logical connective: mixed conjunction; "and" meaning "mixed together", forming a mass
ku'a :=non-logical connective: intersection of sets
pi'u :=non-logical connective: cross product; Cartesian product of sets
ja :=logical connective: tanru-internal afterthought or
je :=logical connective: tanru-internal afterthought and
jo :=logical connective: tanru-internal afterthought biconditional/iff/if-and-only-if
ju :=logical connective: tanru-internal afterthought whether-or-not
bo :=short scope joiner; joins various constructs with shortest scope and right grouping
ca'a :=modal aspect: actuality/ongoing event
co :=tanru inversion operator; "… of type …"; allows modifier trailing sumti without sumti links
co'a :=interval event contour: at the starting point of …; initiative >|< |
co'e :=elliptical/unspecified bridi relationship
co'u :=interval event contour: at the ending point of … even if not done; cessative | >< |
du :=identity selbri; = sign; x1 identically equals x2, x3, etc.; attached sumti refer to same thing
ke :=start grouping of tanru, etc; … type of … ; overrides normal tanru left grouping
ke'e :=elidable terminator: end of tanru left grouping override (usually elidable)
pu'i :=modal aspect: can and has; demonstrated potential
roi :=converts number to an objectively quantified tense interval modifier; defaults to time tense
nu'o :=modal aspect: can but has not; unrealized potential
pe'a :=marks figurative usage (non-literal) speech/text as a rafsi
va :=location tense distance: near to … ; there at …; a medium/small distance from …
ve'e :=location tense interval: the whole of space (rafsi is used to represent any space interval)
vi :=location tense distance: here at … ; at, near, or a very short/tiny distance from …
vu :=location tense distance: far from … ; yonder at … ; a long distance from …
za'o :=interval event contour: continuing too long after natural end of …; superfective | ---->
ze'e :=time tense interval: the whole of time (rafsi is used to represent any time interval)
ze'o :=location tense relation/direction; beyond/outward/receding from …
zo'a :=location tense relation/direction; tangential to/passing by …
zo'i :=location tense relation/direction; nearer than …/inward/approaching from …
kei :=elidable terminator: end abstraction bridi (often elidable)
le'e :=non-veridical descriptor: the stereotype of those described as …
lo'e :=veridical descriptor: the typical one(s) who really is(are) …
mo'i :=mark motions in space-time
bu :=convert any single word to BY
bu'a :=logically quantified predicate variable: some selbri 1
broda ≔ 1st assignable variable predicate (context determines place structure)
brode ≔ 2nd assignable variable predicate (context determines place structure)
brodi ≔ 3rd assignable variable predicate (context determines place structure)
brodo ≔ 4th assignable variable predicate (context determines place structure)
brodu ≔ 5th assignable variable predicate (context determines place structure)
jufra ≔ x1 (text) is a sentence/statement about x2 [topic/subject/predicate/focus] in language x3
lujvo ≔ x1 (text) is a compound predicate word with meaning x2 and arguments x3 built from metaphor x4
bridi ≔ x1 (text) is a predicate relationship with relation x2 among arguments (sequence/set) x3
sumti ≔ x1 is a/the argument of predicate/function x2 filling place x3 (kind/number)