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

bai

bapli

bau

bangu

be'i

benji

ca'i

catni

cau

claxu

ci'e

ciste

ci'o

cinmo

ci'u

ckilu

cu'u

cusku

de'i

detri

di'o

diklo

do'e

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du'i

dunli

du'o

djuno

fa'e

fatne

fau

fasnu

fi'e

finti

ga'a

zgana

gau

gasnu

ja'e

jalge

ja'i

javni

ji'e

jimte

ji'o

jitro

ji'u

jicmu

ka'a

klama

ka'i

krati

kai

ckaji

ki'i

ckini

ki'u

krinu

koi

korbi

ku'u

kulnu

la'u

klani

le'a

klesi

li'e

lidne

ma'e

marji

ma'i

manri

mau

zmadu

me'a

mleca

me'e

cmene

mu'i

mukti

mu'u

mupli

ni'i

nibli

pa'a

panra

pa'u

pagbu

pi'o

pilno

po'i

porsi

pu'a

pluka

pu'e

pruce

ra'a

srana

ra'i

krasi

rai

traji

ri'a

rinka

ri'i

lifri

sau

sarcu

si'u

sidju

ta'i

tadji

tai

tamsmi

ti'i

stidi

ti'u

tcika

tu'i

stuzi

va'o

vanbi

va'u

xamgu

zau

zanru

zu'e

zukte

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.