There are 65 cmavo of selma'o BAI, of which all but one ( do'e , discussed in Section 9.6), are derived directly from selected gismu. Of these 64 cmavo, 36 are entirely regular and have the form CV'V, where C is the first consonant of the corresponding gismu, and the Vs are the two vowels of the gismu. The remaining BAI cmavo, which are irregular in one way or another, are listed in the table below. The table is divided into sub-tables according to the nature of the exception; some cmavo appear in more than one sub-table, and are so noted.
Table 9.1. Monosyllables of the form CVV
| cmavo | gismu | comments |
|
bai |
bapli |
|
|
bau |
bangu |
|
|
cau |
claxu |
|
|
fau |
fasnu |
|
|
gau |
gasnu |
|
|
kai |
ckaji |
uses 2nd consonant of gismu |
|
mau |
zmadu |
uses 2nd consonant of gismu |
|
koi |
korbi |
|
|
rai |
traji |
uses 2nd consonant of gismu |
|
sau |
sarcu |
|
|
tai |
tamsmi |
based on lujvo, not gismu |
|
zau |
zanru |
Table 9.2. Second consonant of the gismu as the C: (the gismu is always of the form CCVCV)
|
ga'a |
zgana |
|
|
kai |
ckaji |
has CVV form (monosyllable) |
|
ki'i |
ckini |
|
|
la'u |
klani |
has irregular 2nd V |
|
le'a |
klesi |
has irregular 2nd V |
|
mau |
zmadu |
has CVV form (monosyllable) |
|
me'e |
cmene |
|
|
ra'a |
srana |
|
|
ra'i |
krasi |
|
|
rai |
traji |
has CVV form (monosyllable) |
|
ti'i |
stidi |
|
|
tu'i |
stuzi |
Table 9.3. Irregular 2nd V
|
fi'e |
finti |
|
|
la'u |
klani |
uses 2nd consonant of gismu |
|
le'a |
klesi |
uses 2nd consonant of gismu |
|
ma'e |
marji |
|
|
mu'u |
mupli |
|
|
ti'u |
tcika |
|
|
va'o |
vanbi |
Table 9.4. Special cases
|
ri'i |
lifri |
uses 3rd consonant of gismu |
|
tai |
tamsmi |
based on lujvo, not gismu |
|
va'u |
xamgu |
CV'V cmavo can't begin with x |