17 on class

zi'ai _UI3a experimental cmavo

jargon word indicator; indicates previous word is a jargon word

Jargon words are to have a single, defined, specialized meaning within one particular narrow context (e.g. a game, field of study, or industry), but may also be assigned to other meanings in other contexts. Proposed rafsi: -zam- (technically rafsi for zai'e; this rafsi is always placed *before* the modified morpheme(s)) Forethought variant: zai'e

• CLL 13.13
• jbovlaste

On grammatical class:

bi'u

discursive: newly introduced information - previously introduced information.

jo'a

discursive: metalinguistic affirmer.

kau

discursive: marks word serving as focus of indirect question: "I know WHO went to the store".

li'o

discursive: omitted text (quoted material).

na'i

discursive: metalinguistic negator.

pau

discursive: optional question premarker.

sa'a

discursive: material inserted by editor/narrator (bracketed text).

ta'u

discursive: expanding the tanru - making a tanru.

bi'a (exp!)

emphasis indicator; indicates the previous word is especially emphasized

ge'ei (exp!)

metasyntactic variable marker

li'oi (exp!)

marks word/construct as being optional, i.e. the bridi would still be both grammatical AND reflect the speakers opinion/intention would the marked construct be left out

ra'ei (exp!)

semi-discursive: and so forth, and so on, et cetera, continuing similarly

uei (exp!)

discursive: optional answer premarker

uoi (exp!)

discursive: marks question construct as allowing filling it with answers that are non-referential constructs only

va'oi (exp!)

discursive: forces jvajvo reading of the preceding brivla; +nai: forces naljvajvo reading of the preceding brivla.

zi'a (exp!)

nonce-word indicator; indicates previous word is nonce-creation and may be nonstandard

zi'ai (exp!)

jargon word indicator; indicates previous word is a jargon word