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Terminology

English names these grammar pages use. Each entry is a short gloss plus a link to the teaching section. The teaching page is the source of truth for how the form works.

This is not a dictionary of roots. For word senses, use the Lexicon.

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Closed labels

SMALLCAPS tags and series names as the lessons print them.

Mood tags

Closed psychological /h/ (not ordinary adverb /h/).

LabelGlossTeach
ABILHostless can / can’t fallback egeraAbility
ACTEmotion-compose arousal (HIGH / MED / LOW)Special vocabulary
BECAUSEClause-pole urugu (because)Causation
CAUSEMechanism-framing mood egegaCausation
CIRCUMEmotion locus: charge on the situationSpecial vocabulary
COMMENTFirst-person commentary mood odohoCommentary
COMMONUniversality: usual, exceptions expectedSpecial vocabulary
DECISIONPick-firmness mood egegePlan / decision
EXTERNALEmotion locus: charge at other peopleSpecial vocabulary
FELTEvidential: gut / body knowingCommentary
FORMALUniversality: definition / math / proofSpecial vocabulary
HIGH / MED / LOWEmotion ACT rootsSpecial vocabulary
IFClause-pole adoro (one-way if)Causation
IFFClause-pole ezazeCausation
INFERREDEvidential: reasoned from cluesCommentary
INTERNALEmotion locus: charge held insideSpecial vocabulary
LOCUSEmotion-compose where the charge sitsSpecial vocabulary
NATURALUniversality: natural necessitySpecial vocabulary
NOTIONALAs-if / pretense mood adadeCommentary
PATTERNEvidential: from regularityCommentary
PLANIntention-framing mood oworaPlan / decision
PREDICTForecast-framing mood elezoPlan / decision
RECORDEDEvidential: documented / playbackCommentary
RULEUniversality: holds inside a named frameSpecial vocabulary
SAMEIdentity copula onunuPredication
STORYEvidential: narrative / loreCommentary
TOLDEvidential: hearsayCommentary
UNCOUNTEREDUniversality: no counterexample comes to mindSpecial vocabulary
WITNESSEDEvidential: firsthandCommentary

Compare with: imaginary (free-number -e-) and quasi (ROOTx-e-) are not NOTIONAL.

Join-vowel names

English names for set / rank join vowels (coordination):

NameVowelGloss
additiveaand (inventory)
choiceoexclusive or
cochoiceaoinclusive and/or
negationunot / none of / standalone no
counteradditiveuaeverything but
counterchoiceuoanything but
rankeearlier outranks later
corankaeequal rank / tie
choicerankoeexclusive ranked menu
counterrankuerank reversal

Span TYPE / EDGE letters

From spans: TYPE a cite / e aside / o mention / u opaque; EDGE a multi / e clause-scoped / o atomic / u empty (exact empty …axul / resume …axur).

Number marker identities

From numbers: scalar (+ / -), ordinal / rank from the start (#), end-relative ordinal (#-), digit-string / label (_).

A–Z

Ability / incapability

Hosted can / can’t (xa / xe / xo / xu) and hostless ABIL.

Ability

Act word

The written /j/ word: jal / jol / jel / jul and soft -m.

Core

Compare with: speech act is the setting (statement / question / command / prohibition). Polar stance particles are not act words.

Address set

Listener special plus -sh: the current addressees (no speaker).

Plurality

Adjective extra (/w/)

Detail on the previous adjective, not the whole clause.

Core

Compare with: a restrictor says when the host applies. Default /w/ on needs is values.

Adverb

Ordinary manner /h/.

Core

Compare with: mood tags are closed psychological /h/ only.

Ambient magnitude

Casual claim that an omitted exponent inherits a discourse order of magnitude; Ne0 asserts OoM 0.

Numbers

Antecedent

The word a -r form points back to.

Pronouns

Arity (list / single-item / standalone)

How many items sit before a join: list (2+), single-item (1), standalone (0).

Coordination

As-for

Complex /h/ + /b/ (ahaza) as for X.

Core

Compare with: values topic is a need with no x.

Aside

Span TYPE e (h(…)).

Spans

Associative

-sh = named anchor plus associates.

Plurality

Atomic (span EDGE)

Span open that does not nest-push (EDGE o).

Spans

Bare OoM

Digitless exponent naming a magnitude band (g+e0, g+e3).

Numbers

Binder

Inside a scope island: scope-taking /h/ and/or a join.

Spans

Body (utterance)

Clause content after the left-edge /j/ cluster.

Core

Bound / endorse / invite

Prescription-force endings on value xo.

Values

Changeability

Endings on unmet xu, DECISION, and ability can’t.

Values, plan / decision

Citation / prefix-less citation

Root + ending with no role letter, outside a sentence.

Core

Classification

Kind / role as predicative /ɡ/ (no to-be verb).

Predication

Compare with: identity uses SAME. Equative is as ADJ as, not kind-ascription.

Clause pole / NP pole

Condition vs outcome as NPs vs full sentences after adoro. Clause pole is the causation reading.

Causation

Clusivity

Who counts as we / you when names are unavailable.

Pronouns

Collective

-sh on /v/ (one shared act) vs on /ɡ/ (property of the group as a unit).

Plurality, plurality

Command / request / prohibition

Speech act jel / jem / jul / jum.

Core

Comparative / superlative / equative

Rank join + SHARED scale; single-item = superlative; ae = equative.

Comparatives

Complex adjective / complex adverb

/ɡ/ or /h/ plus immediately following /b/.

Core

Confirming a negative

Polar patterns that confirm a denied body.

Questions

Contact / contact channel

Met-value xa endings (physical / mental / spiritual).

Values

Continue (/x/)

Same-speech-act forward motion.

Core

Compare with: a sentence linker is the therefore / however subclass of continue.

Conventional (number -n)

Number ending -n.

Numbers

Compare with: content -n is named. Phrase join -n is a named list. Clause join -n is a sequence.

Cross-role recast

Resume with a different PoS letter than the antecedent.

Pronouns

Dependent clause / adoro

Full sentence after adoro (last in the host slot).

Core

Digitless

Number word with marker and ending but no digit groups.

Numbers

Digitless exponent

Advanced free-number specials (+e, -e-, +0e, …). Imaginary is free -e-.

Numbers, imaginary

Compare with: quasi is derivation ROOTx-e-. NOTIONAL is the as-if mood, not a number.

Distributive

Set a + singular SHARED = both/each are ADJ.

Comparatives

Domain / generic / every K

SHARED kind plus invert / standalone joins.

Coordination

Compare with: universality is the exceptionlessness mood.

Empty-allowed

Plain o + -m: or none.

Coordination

Ending / reference suffix

Final -l / -m / -n / -r (plus optional -sh). Reference suffix names the content-word table.

Reference suffix

Epistemic because

Reason for the take (COMMENT), not world BECAUSE.

Causation

Equative

ae SHARED scale = as ADJ as.

Comparatives

Evidentiality

Closed /h/ how-you-know roots.

Commentary

Extra noun (/b/)

Noun bolted onto a complex /ɡ/ or /h/.

Core

Factivity

Whether IF vs BECAUSE treats the dependent as asserted.

Causation

Fill-ask / fill-all

Under question, join -r is a blank; several -r = fill all.

Questions

Firm / soft

Speech-act ending -l vs -m.

Core

Forecast source

Evidentiality stacked on PREDICT.

Plan / decision

Full-root resume / short resume

Whole root + -r vs prefix through the second vowel.

Pronouns

Hold

COMMENT / NOTIONAL tightness endings.

Commentary

Host

Content root an x-stance or numeric derivation attaches to.

Ability, values, numeric derivation

Compare with: a measure unit is not a host. Classification names the classified noun, not a host.

Identity

Closed SAME + /b/.

Predication

Invert

Join stacks ua / uo / ue.

Coordination

Join / conjunct

Right-close list closer; conjunct = listed item.

Coordination

Join-act verb / join-relation

Content /v/ or /ɡ/ /h/ + join vowel + -n.

Join extras

Judgment benchmark

Advanced worse than… bars.

Comparatives

Left-bound adjective

/ɡ/ with second letter l: adjective before the next noun.

Core

Left edge

Vocative → polar stance → act word, then body.

Core

Literal / metaphorical / named / resume

Content endings -l / -m / -n / -r.

Reference suffix

Loan / opaque span

PoS<…>ENDING vs opaque fence with no ending after >.

Spans

Map resolution

PLAN endings: sketch / itinerary / fork.

Plan / decision

Measure phrase / unit

Amount + lexicon unit noun; titled ROOTx+1.

Numbers applied

Met / unmet / motive / prescription / topic (values)

Value stances xa / xu / xe / xo / topic (no x).

Values

Compare with: as-for is ahaza, not a value stance.

Named handle

Short -n label for a long title.

Reference suffix

Named list

Phrase join -n.

Coordination

Need inventory

Six closed psychological needs under /h/ /w/.

Values

Number as verb / adverb / interjection / discourse

Number word under /v/ /h/ /j/ /x/.

Numbers

Numbered alternatives

Number problem / solution / goal candidates with free ordinals.

Special vocabulary

Numeric derivation / quasi

ROOT x NUM; quasi = ROOTx-e-.

Numeric derivation

Occasion

Listed pieces before a restrictor (when the host applies).

Restrictors

Offer (question)

Single-item -m under question (How about X?).

Questions

Ordinary compound / lexical compound

KIND × FIELD with mid-word x; closed stem with join letter and no x.

x-compounds

Overlay / sense-form

Special reading of a published root under a PoS.

Special vocabulary

Compare with: a number under /v/ /h/ /j/ /x/ is number as verb / adverb / interjection / discourse, not an overlay. Metaphorical -m stays metaphorical.

Polar stance

Closed /j/ particles jael / juel / ….

Questions

Preference standing

Motive xe endings.

Values

Prominence

Word-order highlighting (not join arity).

Core

Quasi

Derivation ROOTx-e- (and quasi-N).

Numeric derivation

Range / clock/date range

Numeric from–to; clock/date from–to.

Numbers applied, time

Rank join / set join / SHARED

Material after the join closer; SHARED scale vs SHARED continuum.

Coordination, comparatives

Restrictor

Join-shaped /h/ /w/ when the host applies.

Restrictors

Resume

Content / span / number -r pointing back.

Pronouns, spans, numbers

Compare with: join / restrictor -r is an unspecified member.

Reviser

Prefix-less including / rather / instead / except (in-clause vs discourse by placement).

Revisers

Role compound / agent / patient / reltum

a/u/o x ROOT.

Roles

Role letter

Word-initial job letter.

Core

Scope island

^ … ^ with binder inside.

Spans, coordination

Sentence linker

/x/ therefore / however / meanwhile.

Core

Sequence

Clause join -n (xan and then).

Coordination

SHARED scale / SHARED continuum

After-join /ɡ/: comparatives vs ranges.

Comparatives, numbers applied

Span / span open

Typed cite / aside / mention / opaque fences; spoken opening word.

Spans

Compare with: numeric from–to is a range, not a span.

Special pronoun

ugobo / edone / aha / enenu / adoro.

Pronouns

Speech act

Utterance setting: statement / question / command / prohibition.

Core

Compare with: values prescription force is bound / endorse / invite, not speech act. Polar stance is a left-edge particle.

Sufficient / necessary / unique path

Necessary, sufficient, and unique-path readings.

Causation

Threshold

Single-item rank with a number = bound on a line.

Numbers applied

Turn (/j/)

New speech move.

Core

Under question

Join readings when the speech act is question.

Questions

Unspecified member

Join / restrictor -r (something / sometime); fill-ask under question.

Coordination

Universality

Mood how-exceptionless (COMMON … RULE).

Special vocabulary

Values

Need + optional stance on /h/ /w/.

Values

Viewpoint laterals

DIR × ANCHOR; whose facing is north.

Roles

Vocative

Left-edge /j/ addressing.

Core

Vowel series

a add / o one / e order / u undo; the prefix picks the table.

Vowel series

Weak-pause left cue

Prefer an audible left /j/ rather than implied jal.

Core

Yes/no

Question type with no join -r.

Questions

Compare with: polar stance is jael / juel / …, not the yes/no question type.