9.17. Complete table of BAI cmavo with rough English equivalents

The following table shows all the cmavo belonging to selma'o BAI, and has seven columns. The first column is the cmavo itself; the second column is the gismu linked to it. The third column gives an English phrase which indicates the meaning of the cmavo; the fourth column indicates its meaning when preceded by se.

For those cmavo with meaningful te , ve , and even xe conversions (depending on the number of places of the underlying gismu), the meanings of these are shown in the next columns.

It should be emphasized that the place structures of the gismu control the meanings of the BAI cmavo. The English phrases shown here are only suggestive, and are often too broad or too narrow to correctly specify what the acceptable range of uses for the modal tag are.

ba'i	basti	replaced by	instead of
bai	bapli	compelled by	compelling
bau	bangu	in language	in language of
be'i	benji	sent by	transmitting	sent to	with transmit origin	transmitted via
ca'i	catni	by authority of	with authority over
cau	claxu	lacked by	without
ci'e	ciste	in system	with system function	of system components
ci'o	cinmo	felt by	feeling emotion
ci'u	ckilu	on the scale	on scale measuring
cu'u	cusku	as said by	expressing	as told to	expressed in medium
de'i	detri	dated	on the same date as
di'o	diklo	at the locus of	at specific locus
do'e	-----	vaguely related to
du'i	dunli	as much as	equal to
du'o	djuno	according to	knowing facts	knowing about	under epistemology
fa'e	fatne	reverse of	in reversal of
fau	fasnu	in the event of
fi'e	finti	created by	creating work	created for purpose
ga'a	zgana	to observer	observing	observed by means	observed under conditions
gau	gasnu	with agent	as agent in doing
ja'e	jalge	resulting in	results because of
ja'i	javni	by rule	by rule prescribing
ji'e	jimte	up to limit	as a limit of
ji'o	jitro	under direction	controlling
ji'u	jicmu	based on	supporting
ka'a	klama	gone to by	with destination	with origin	via route	by transport mode
ka'i	krati	represented by	on behalf of
kai	ckaji	characterizing	with property
ki'i	ckini	as relation of	related to	with relation
ki'u	krinu	justified by	with justified result
koi	korbi	bounded by	as boundary of	bordering
ku'u	kulnu	in culture	in culture of
la'u	klani	as quantity of	in quantity
le'a	klesi	in category	as category of	defined by quality
li'e	lidne	led by	leading
ma'e	marji	of material	made from material	in material form of
ma'i	manri	in reference frame	as a standard of
mau	zmadu	exceeded by	more than
me'a	mleca	undercut by	less than
me'e	cmene	with name	as a name for
mu'i	mukti	motivated by	motive therefore
mu'u	mupli	exemplified by	as an example of
ni'i	nibli	entailed by	entails
pa'a	panra	in addition to	similar to	similar in pattern	similar by standard
pa'u	pagbu	with component	as a part of
pi'o	pilno	used by	using tool
po'i	porsi	in the sequence	sequenced by rule
pu'a	pluka	pleased by	in order to please
pu'e	pruce	by process	processing from	processing into	passing through stages
ra'a	srana	pertained to by	concerning
ra'i	krasi	from source	as an origin of
rai	traji	with superlative	superlative in	at extreme	superlative among
ri'a	rinka	caused by	causing
ri'i	lifri	experienced by	experiencing
sau	sarcu	requiring	necessarily for	necessarily under conditions
si'u	sidju	aided by	assisting in
ta'i	tadji	by method	as a method for
tai	tamsmi	as a form of	in form	in form similar to
ti'i	stidi	suggested by	suggesting	suggested to
ti'u	tcika	with time	at the time of
tu'i	stuzi	with site	as location of
va'o	vanbi	under conditions	as conditions for
va'u	xamgu	benefiting from	with beneficiary
zau	zanru	approved by	approving
zu'e	zukte	with actor	with means to goal	with goal

The lujvo tamsmi on which tai is based is derived from the tanru tarmi simsa and has the place structure:

tamsmi x₁ has form x₂, similar in form to x₃ in property/quality x₄

This lujvo is employed because tarmi does not have a place structure useful for the modal's purpose.