The Incomplete Lojban Language
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Symbols

"a" is letteral: References to lerfu , References to lerfu
$: Computerized character codes
&
word for "&": The universal bu
'
"'" and consonant cluster determination in lujvo: lujvo
definition of symbol "'" (see also apostrophe): The Special Lojban Characters
(n + 1)(n + 1) = n² + 2n + 1: Simple infix expressions and equations
(n+1)-th rat: Special mekso selbri
+1 + -1 = 0: Simple infix expressions and equations
-1: Signs and numerical punctuation
-ek
in name for logical connectives: The six types of logical connectives
-er
use of zmadu in forming: rafsi
-ity: Property abstractions
-ness: Property abstractions
-ng
Lojban contrasted with English: Syllabication And Stress
.
word for ".": The universal bu
1 + 1 = 2: Simple infix expressions and equations
10²⁰: Infix operators revisited
12-point: Alien alphabets
123: Lojban numbers
2 + 2: Truth-value abstraction: jei
2 rats + 2 rabbits = 4 animals: Using Lojban resources within mekso
2/7: Signs and numerical punctuation
3 grams: Simple infix expressions and equations
3 × 10⁸: Infix operators revisited
3.1415: Signs and numerical punctuation
4-letter rafsi
definition: rafsi
5-letter rafsi
definition: rafsi
8 out of 10: Special mekso selbri
ℵ₀: Special numbers

A

A
notation convention for logical connectives: The Four basic vowels
A gives B to C: lerfu words as pro-sumti
A gives BC: lerfu words as pro-sumti
A loves B: lerfu words as pro-sumti
a/an
contrasted with English "the": Miscellaneous indicators
abbreviated lujvo and plausibility: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
ABC base 16: Non-decimal and compound bases
abduction
example: Evidentials
Abraham Lincoln: Truth questions and connective questions
absolute laws: Why have lujvo?
abstract description: Lojban sumti raising
abstract lujvo: Abstract lujvo
abstraction bridi
contrasted with component non-abstraction bridi in meaning: Other kinds of simple selbri
effect on claim of bridi: Modal sentence connection: the causals
abstraction conversion: Lojban sumti raising
abstraction of sentences
contrasted with quotation: Predication/sentence abstraction
abstractions
achievement: Types of event abstractions
activity: Types of event abstractions
concept: Minor abstraction types
creating new types: Minor abstraction types
event: Event abstraction
experience: Minor abstraction types
forethought connection in: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
grammatical uses: The syntax of abstraction
grouping of connectives in: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
idea: Minor abstraction types
implicit in sumti: Event abstraction
logical connection of: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
making concrete: Lojban sumti raising
mental activity: Predication/sentence abstraction
place structure: The syntax of abstraction
point-event: Types of event abstractions
process: Types of event abstractions
simplification to sumti with "jai": Lojban sumti raising
simplification to sumti with "tu'a": Lojban sumti raising
speaking
writing, etc.: Predication/sentence abstraction
state: Types of event abstractions
sumti ellipsis in: Event abstraction
truth-value and fuzzy logic: Truth-value abstraction: jei
vague: Minor abstraction types
with knowing
believing, etc.: Predication/sentence abstraction
with wonder
doubt, etc.: Indirect questions
accent mark
a diacritical mark: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
example: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
accent marks
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
accented letters
considered as distinct from unaccented: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
Acer: fu'ivla
achievative event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
achievement abstraction
place structure: Types of event abstractions
achievement abstractions
definition: Types of event abstractions
related tense contours: Event-type abstractors and event contour tenses
achievement event
described: Types of event abstractions
acronym
definition: Acronyms
acronym names from lerfu words
assigning final consonant: Acronyms
acronyms
as lerfu strings using "me": Acronyms
using names based on lerfu words: Acronyms
acronyms names based on lerfu words
omitting "bu": Acronyms
using "z" instead of "'" in: Acronyms
activity abstraction
place structure: Types of event abstractions
activity abstractions
definition: Types of event abstractions
related tense contours: Event-type abstractors and event contour tenses
activity abstractor: Types of event abstractions
activity event
described: Types of event abstractions
actual events
explicitly expressing: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
actual stop
contrasted with natural end: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
actuality
expressing in past/future: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
Lojban contrasted with English in implying: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
addition
a mathematical operator: Simple infix expressions and equations
addition operator
contrasted with positive sign: Simple infix expressions and equations
addition problems: Other kinds of simple selbri
adjective ordering: Logical connection within tanru
adjective-noun combination
with tanru: Simple tanru
adjectives
brivla as Lojban equivalents: brivla
adverb-verb combination
with tanru: Simple tanru
adverbs
brivla as Lojban equivalents: brivla
affirmative answer
quick-tour version: Questions
afraid of horse: Relative clauses and descriptors
after sleep: Propositional attitude indicators , Propositional attitude indicators , Propositional attitude indicators , Propositional attitude indicators , Propositional attitude indicators
afterthought bridi connectives
contrasted with forethought bridi connectives: Forethought bridi connection
afterthought connection
contrasted with forethought for grammatical utterances: Truth questions and connective questions
definition: Other modal connections
of operands: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
of operators: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
afterthought connectives
as complete grammatical utterance: Truth questions and connective questions
contrasted with forethought connectives: Forethought bridi connection
afterthought sentence connection
modal contrasted with tense: Tenses versus modals
afterthought tense connection
contrasted with forethought in likeness to modal connection: Tenses versus modals
ailment: Ordering lujvo places.
Alexander Pavlovitch Kuznetsov: lerfu words as pro-sumti
algebra of functions
operator and operand distinction in: Miscellany
alienable possession
definition: Relative phrases
aliens
communication with: Tentative conclusion
all-th: Special mekso selbri
allowable diphthongs
in fu'ivla contrasted with in gismu and lujvo: fu'ivla
in gismu and lujvo contrasted with in fu'ivla: fu'ivla
alpha
example: Alien alphabets
alphabet
Latin used for Lojban: What's a letteral, anyway?
Lojban: Orthography
words for letters in
rationale: What's a letteral, anyway?
alphabetic order: Orthography
alphabets
words for non-Lojban letters
rationale: What's a letteral, anyway?
alternative guidelines: Why have lujvo?
always and everywhere: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
ambiguity of tanru: Simple tanru
American dollars: Computerized character codes
American Indian languages and evidentials: Evidentials
Amharic writing: What about Chinese characters?
ampersand
example: The universal bu
ampersand character
word for: The universal bu
Amsterdam: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
anaphora
definition: Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
pro-bridi go'i-series as: Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
pro-sumti ri-series as: Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
pro-sumti vo'a-series as: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
anaphoric pro-bridi
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
anaphoric pro-sumti
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
and
as non-logical connective: Non-logical connectives
compared with but: Truth questions and connective questions
contrasted with cross-product: More about non-logical connectives
and earlier: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
and simultaneously: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
and then: Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives , Tenses, modals, and logical connection , Tenses, modals, and logical connection , Tenses, modals, and logical connection
animal doctor
example: Ordering lujvo places.
animal patient: Ordering lujvo places.
animals
use of fu'ivla for specific: fu'ivla
anomalous ordering of lujvo places: lujvo with more than two parts.
answers
"go'i" for yes/no questions: Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
to operator questions: Other uses of mekso
to place structure questions: Tagging places: FA
to tense-or-modal questions: Tense questions: cu'e
antecedent
for pro-bridi: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
for pro-bridi as full bridi: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
antecedent of pro-bridi
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
antecedent of pro-sumti
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
anticipated
example: Evidentials
any
as a restricted universal claim: The problem of “any”
as a translation problem: The problem of “any”
as a universal claim
later restricted: The problem of “any”
as an existential claim: The problem of “any”
expressing as existential by variable in subordinate bridi: The problem of “any”
any box: The problem of “any”
anyone
contrasted with everyone in assumption of existence: The problem of “any”
anyone who goes
walks: The problem of “any”
aorist
definition: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
apostrophe
and consonant cluster determination in lujvo: lujvo
as not a consonant for morphological discussions: Introductory
as preferable over comma in Lojbanized names: The Special Lojban Characters
definition of: The Special Lojban Characters
example of: The Special Lojban Characters
purpose of: The Special Lojban Characters
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
type of letter in word-formation: The Special Lojban Characters
use in vowel pairs: Vowel Pairs
variant of: The Special Lojban Characters
Appassionata: Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison
approximate numbers
expressing: Approximation and inexact numbers
expressing some exactness of: Approximation and inexact numbers
approximately 40: Approximation and inexact numbers
Arabian Nights: Paragraphs: NIhO
Arabic alphabet
language shift word for: Alien alphabets
argument tags
based on tenses (see also sumtcita): Tenses as sumtcita
Armstrong: Syllabication And Stress
Arnold: cmevla
arthropod: Dependent places
article
number: Simple infix expressions and equations
articles
cmavo as Lojban equivalents: cmavo
Artur Rubenstein: Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison
ASCII
application to lerfu words: Computerized character codes
aspect
expressing: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
natural languages compared with respect to: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
assignable pro-sumti
explicit cancellation of by rebinding: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
assumption: Evidentials
asymmetrical tanru: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
definition: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
asymmetrical tanru types
activity + implement-used: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
cause + effect: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
characteristic-time + event: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
characteristic/detail + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
effect + causative agent: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
elements-in-set + set: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
energy-source + powered: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
general-class + sub-class: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
inhabitant + habitat: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
locus-of-application + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
miscellaneous: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object + component/detail: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object + place-sold: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object + usual-container: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object-giving-characteristic + other-object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object-measured + standard-object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object-of-action + action: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
object-of-purpose-of-instrument + instrument: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
overriding-property + object-with-implicit-properties: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
possessor + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
product + producer: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
product + source: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
purpose-of-instrument + instrument: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
set + element-of-set: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
similar-appearance-object + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
source + product: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
source-material + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
typical-place + object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
undesired-object + protection-object: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
whole + part: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
at least: Approximation and inexact numbers
contrasted with more than
less than, at most: Approximation and inexact numbers
at least two: Approximation and inexact numbers
at most: Approximation and inexact numbers
contrasted with more than
at least, less than: Approximation and inexact numbers
at most two: Approximation and inexact numbers
Athens: Types of event abstractions
attend school: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
attitude
avoidance of expression: Miscellaneous indicators
scalar: Attitudes as scales
attitudes
beginning: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
ceasing: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
continuing: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
empathy contrasted with sympathy: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
expressing changes in: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
attitudinal
example of scale effect: Attitudes as scales
signaling as non-propositional: Propositional attitude indicators
attitudinal answers
plausibility: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
attitudinal categories: Emotional categories
example of effect: Emotional categories
mnemonic for: Emotional categories
rationale: Emotional categories
attitudinal indicator
unspecified: Compound indicators
attitudinal indicators: What are attitudinal indicators?
conventions of interpretation: Compound indicators
placement of "nai" in: Compound indicators
placement of scale in: Compound indicators
quick-tour version: Indicators
attitudinal modifiers: Attitudinal modifiers
attitudinal questions: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
asking about specific attitude: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
asking intensity: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
attitudinal scale
as axis in emotion-space: The space of emotions
neutral compared with positive + negative: The space of emotions
seven-position: Attitudes as scales
stand-alone usage: Attitudes as scales
usage: Attitudes as scales
attitudinal scales
rationale for assignment: Attitudes as scales
attitudinals
a- series: Propositional attitude indicators
affecting whole grammatical structures: The uses of indicators
and logic: What's wrong with this picture?
at beginning of text: The uses of indicators
attributing emotion to others: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
benefit in written expression: The uses of indicators
categories with nai: Emotional categories
categories with scale markers: Emotional categories
complexity: Attitudinal modifiers
compound: What are attitudinal indicators?
contours: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
contrasted with bridi: Propositional attitude indicators , The space of emotions
contrasted with discursives: Discursives
contrasted with rationalizations of emotion: The space of emotions
design benefit: The space of emotions
e- series: Propositional attitude indicators
emotional contrasted with propositional: Propositional attitude indicators
emotional/propositional caveat: Propositional attitude indicators
exceptions: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
external grammar: The uses of indicators
grammar of internal compounding: Compound indicators
grammar of placement in bridi: The uses of indicators
i- series: Propositional attitude indicators
internal grammar
complete: Compound indicators
logical language and: Propositional attitude indicators
negative: Attitudes as scales
neutral: Attitudes as scales
non-speaker attitudes: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
order of: The space of emotions
placement for prevailing attitude: What are attitudinal indicators?
placement in sentences with "nai": Compound indicators
positive: Attitudes as scales
prevailing attitude: What are attitudinal indicators?
propositional contrasted with emotional: Propositional attitude indicators
propositional effect on claim: Propositional attitude indicators
propositional/emotional caveat: Propositional attitude indicators
rationale for: Propositional attitude indicators
referent uncertainty: The uses of indicators
scale of: Attitudes as scales
stand-alone categories: Emotional categories
word-form for primary: What are attitudinal indicators?
audio-visual isomorphism: Orthography
audio-visually isomorphic: Sentences: I
auditoriums: Dependent places
author of this book: Acknowledgements and Credits
Avon: Modal tags: BAI

B

back-counting pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
background noise: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
base
assumed: Non-decimal and compound bases
changing permanently: Non-decimal and compound bases
non-constant: Non-decimal and compound bases
specifying: Non-decimal and compound bases
vague: Non-decimal and compound bases
base greater than 16
compound single-digits contrasted with two digits: Non-decimal and compound bases
expressing numbers in: Non-decimal and compound bases
two digits contrasted with compound single-digits: Non-decimal and compound bases
base point
in bases other than 10: Non-decimal and compound bases
base varying for each digit
separator for: Non-decimal and compound bases
base-20 arithmetic
remnants of: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
basis
example: Evidentials
beach
example: Property abstractions
bear wrote story: The three basic description types
Bears wrote book: Individuals and masses
beautiful dog: The sumti di'u and la'e di'u
because
four varieties of English word "because": Modal sentence connection: the causals
beefsteak: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo , Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
Beethoven: Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison
beetle: Dependent places
beetles: Dependent places
begin
contrasted with resume: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
beginning point
spatial: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
being alive: Types of event abstractions
better: Comparatives and superlatives
between Dresden and Frankfurt: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection , Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection , Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
beverage
example: lujvo based on pro-sumti
bibliography: Informal Bibliography
bicycle race: Minor abstraction types
big boat: lujvo
big nose: What are you pointing at?
big nose-pores: What are you pointing at?
big person: What are you pointing at?
big red dog: Logical connection within tanru
Bill Clinton: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
binary system
specifying numbers in (see also base): Non-decimal and compound bases
blue
as sad: Miscellaneous indicators
blue and red: Non-logical connectives
blue house: Conversion: SE , Logical connection within tanru , Logical connection within tanru
blue-eyed: Eliding SE rafsi from tertau
bo
for right-grouping in tanru: Complex tanru grouping
boat class
example: lujvo-making examples
boat sailed: Tenses as sumtcita
bold
example: Alien alphabets
bomb destroyed fifty miles: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
bone bread: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
books about Lojban: Informal Bibliography
borrowing
four stages of: fu'ivla
borrowing from other language
fu'ivla as: brivla
borrowings
fu'ivla form with categorizing rafsi: fu'ivla
fu'ivla form without categorizing rafsi: fu'ivla
most common form for: fu'ivla
Stage 1: fu'ivla
Stage 2: fu'ivla
Stage 3: fu'ivla
Stage 3 contrasted with Stage 4 in ease of construction: fu'ivla
Stage 4: fu'ivla
using foreign-language name: fu'ivla
using lojbanized name: fu'ivla
Boston from Atlanta: Standard bridi form: cu
both dogs: Indefinite numbers
bound variable pro-sumti
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
bovine: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
bracketed remark: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
brackets
use in IPA notation: Basic Phonetics
breathe: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
bridi
building from selbri and sumti: Standard bridi form: cu
compared with predication: The concept of the bridi
concept of: The concept of the bridi
definition: Lojban content words: brivla
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
effect of alternate form on sumti order: Standard bridi form: cu
effect of using non-standard form: Standard bridi form: cu
exception to sumti place structure in: Standard bridi form: cu
leaving a sumti place unspecified in with zo'e: Standard bridi form: cu
leaving end sumti places unspecified in: Standard bridi form: cu
logical connection with negation: Logical connection of bridi
logical connective for: Logical connection of bridi
non-standard form: Standard bridi form: cu
omitting the first sumti place: Standard bridi form: cu
quick-tour version: Some simple Lojban bridi
relation to selbri: Lojban content words: brivla
selbri-first as exceptional: Standard bridi form: cu
standard form of: Standard bridi form: cu
bridi connection
use of imperatives in: Truth questions and connective questions
use of truth questions in: Truth questions and connective questions
bridi logical connection
compared with sumti logical connections: sumti connection
bridi negation
and DeMorgan's Law: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
and negation boundary: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
compared with negation between sentences: bridi negation and logical connectives
multiple: Tenses and bridi negation
na before selbri compared to naku in prenex: Negation boundaries
naku in prenex compared to na before selbri: Negation boundaries
relative order with tense: Tenses and bridi negation
two forms of: Negation boundaries
bridi negation and logical connectives: bridi negation and logical connectives
bridi questions
quick-tour version: Questions
bridi-based comparison
contrasted with comparison with relative phrase
in claims about parts: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
bridi-tail
definition: Compound bridi
bridi-tail logical connection
and DeMorgan's Law: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
bridi-tail modal connection: Other modal connections
bridi-tails
eliding "vau" in: Compound bridi
forethought tense connection of: Tense relations between sentences
brie: fu'ivla
brivla
as one of the 3 basic word classes: Introductory
consonant pairs in: brivla
definition: brivla
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
from tanru: lujvo
properties of: brivla
recognition of: brivla
relation to bridi: The concept of the bridi
stress on: Syllabication And Stress
subtypes of: brivla
types: Lojban content words: brivla
types of
quick-tour version: Examples of brivla
brivla as selbri: Lojban content words: brivla
brivla equivalents: Other kinds of simple selbri
brivla form
contrasted with cmavo form: brivla
contrasted with cmevla form: brivla
Brooklyn: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
brothers: Non-logical connectives , Non-logical connectives , Non-logical connectives , Non-logical connectives
Brown
James Cooke: Acknowledgements and Credits
and "letteral": What's a letteral, anyway?
John: cmevla , cmevla
buffer vowel: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
and stress: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
shortening of: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
Bulgarian: fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla
but
compared with and: Truth questions and connective questions
example: Discursives
but/and equivalence: Indicators
butter is soft: Individuals and masses
butterfly
social: tanru

C

C string
as a symbol for a single consonant: Introductory
C/C string
as a symbol for a permissible consonant pair: Introductory
C/CC string
as a symbol for a consonant triple: Introductory
calculator mathematics
as default in Lojban: Simple infix expressions and equations
can see: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
canceling letter shifts: Alien alphabets
cancellation of pro-sumti/pro-bridi assignment
with "da'o": Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
capital letters
use in Lojban: Upper and lower cases
use of: Orthography
capitalization
for unusual stress in names: cmevla
use in names: cmevla
use of: cmevla
car goer: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
cardinal selbri
definition: Special mekso selbri
place structure: Special mekso selbri
place structure effect from subjective numbers: Special mekso selbri
cardinality
definition: Masses and sets
property of sets: Masses and sets
carried piano: Non-logical connectives
carry sack: Mixed modal connection
carry sack and dog: Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives
carry the piano: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
Cartesian product
with tenses: Sub-events
Carthage destroyed: Evidentials
case
upper/lower specification: Upper and lower cases
cat of plastic: Relativized pro-sumti: ke'a
Catherine: cmevla
Cathy: cmevla
causals
claiming the relation contrasted with claiming cause and/or effect and/or relation: Modal sentence connection: the causals
gismu: Modal sentence connection: the causals
modal: Modal sentence connection: the causals
cause death: Lojban sumti raising
cave: Story time
CC string
as a symbol for a permissible initial consonant pair: Introductory
CCVVCV fu'ivla
and rafsi fu'ivla proposal: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
cedilla
a diacritical mark: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
cessitive event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
ch-sound in English
representation in Lojban: Basic Phonetics
chapter numbering: Other uses of mekso
chapter titles
intent of: What is this book?
character codes
definition: Computerized character codes
character encoding schemes
application to lerfu words: Computerized character codes
characters
definition: Computerized character codes
special: The Special Lojban Characters
Chelsea Clinton: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
chemical elements
use of single-letter shift for: Upper and lower cases
Chief: cmevla
child on ice: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
Chilean desert
example: rafsi fu'ivla: a proposal
Chinese characters
contrasted with alphabets and syllabaries: What about Chinese characters?
representing based on pinyin spelling: What about Chinese characters?
representing based on strokes: What about Chinese characters?
choose from: Non-logical connectives
Chrysler: selbri based on sumti: me
CIA: Acronyms
circumflex
a diacritical mark: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
clamshells: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
clarity of sounds: Basic Phonetics
Classical Greek aorist tense
compared with Lojban tense: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
closed interval: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
expressed with "mi'i": Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
closings
letter: Vocative scales
cmavo
as one of the 3 basic word classes: Introductory
compound: cmavo
contrasted with rafsi in usage: rafsi
contrasted with same-form rafsi in meaning: lujvo
definition: cmavo
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
diphthongs in: cmavo
experimental: cmavo
for experimental use: cmavo
lack of relation of form to grammatical use: cmavo
rules for pause after Cy-form: Rules for inserting pauses
simple: cmavo
stress on: Syllabication And Stress , cmavo
structure of: cmavo
cmavo and gismu
major: gismu
cmavo as selbri
quick-tour version: Examples of brivla
cmavo form
contrasted with brivla form: brivla
cmavo without rafsi
method of including in lujvo: rafsi
cmevla
algorithm for: cmevla
and analyzability of speech stream: cmevla
as one of the 3 basic word classes: Introductory
authority for: cmevla
avoiding impermissible consonant clusters in: cmevla
consonant clusters permitted in: cmevla
definition: cmevla
dot side: cmevla
examples of: cmevla
from Lojban words: cmevla
method of including in lujvo: rafsi
purpose of: cmevla
rationale for lojbanizing: cmevla
requirement for pauses around: cmevla
rules for: cmevla
rules for formation: cmevla
rules for pause before: Rules for inserting pauses
stress in: cmevla , cmevla
stress on: Syllabication And Stress
unusual stress in: cmevla
cmevla form
contrasted with brivla form: brivla
cobra: fu'ivla
coffee mixed with tea: More about non-logical connectives
coffee or tea: Truth questions and connective questions
coin heads: Special mekso selbri
Coleoptera: Dependent places
color standards: Notes on gismu place structures
comma
definition of: The Special Lojban Characters
effect on relative clause in English: Incidental relative clauses
example of: The Special Lojban Characters
main use of: The Special Lojban Characters
optional: The Special Lojban Characters
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
variant of: The Special Lojban Characters
command
contrasted with observative form: Standard bridi form: cu
commands
quick-tour version: Vocatives and commands
with "ko": Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
commas in numbers
as numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
effect of other notation conventions: Signs and numerical punctuation
with elided digits: Signs and numerical punctuation
common abstractor: Event abstraction
commutative truth functions: The Four basic vowels
comparative lujvo
against former state: Comparatives and superlatives
and seltau presupposition: Comparatives and superlatives
potential ambiguity in: Comparatives and superlatives
standardized meanings: Comparatives and superlatives
comparatives
use of zmadu in forming: rafsi
comparison
claims related to based on form: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
comparison with relative phrase
contrasted with bridi-based comparison
in claims about parts: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
completitive event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
complex logical connection
grouping strategies contrasted: Grouping of afterthought connectives
complex logical connectives
grouping with bo: Grouping of afterthought connectives
grouping with parentheses: Grouping of afterthought connectives , Grouping of afterthought connectives
complex movements
expressing: Movement in space: MOhI
complex negation
examples: Scalar negation of selbri
complex numbers
expressing: Special numbers
components contrasted with mass
in properties of: Non-logical connectives
compound base
definition: Non-decimal and compound bases
expressing digits in: Non-decimal and compound bases
separator for: Non-decimal and compound bases
compound bridi
definition: Compound bridi
logical connection of: Compound bridi
more than one sumti in common: Compound bridi
multiple with "bo": Multiple compound bridi
multiple with "ke…ke'e": Multiple compound bridi
one sumti in common: Compound bridi
separate tail-terms for bridi-tails: Multiple compound bridi
separate tail-terms for forethought-connected bridi-tails: Multiple compound bridi
compound bridi with more than one sumti in common
with common sumti first: Compound bridi
with vau: Compound bridi
compound cmavo
compared with sequence of simple cmavo: cmavo
definition: cmavo
recognition of: cmavo
compound emotions: The space of emotions
compound letters
native language
representing as distinct letters: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
compound logical connectives
components: The six types of logical connectives
naming convention: The six types of logical connectives
compound of gismu
lujvo as: brivla
compound spatial tense
as direction with-or-without distance: Compound spatial tenses
beginning with distance only: Compound spatial tenses
effect of different ordering: Compound spatial tenses
explanation of: Compound spatial tenses
with direction and distance: Compound spatial tenses
compound subscript: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso , Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
compound temporal tense
beginning with distance only: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
compound tense
compared with multiple tenses in sentence: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
compared with tense in scope of sticky tense: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
definition: Compound spatial tenses
Lojban contrasted with English in order of specification: Compound spatial tenses
compound tense ordering
Lojban contrasted with English: Compound spatial tenses
computer interaction: No more to say: FAhO
concept abstraction: Minor abstraction types
concept abstractions
place structure: Minor abstraction types
concept abstractor: Minor abstraction types
concrete terms
use of fu'ivla for: fu'ivla
condescension: Attitudinal modifiers
confusion
metalinguistic: Miscellaneous indicators
confusion about what was said: Miscellaneous indicators
conjunctions
cmavo as Lojban equivalents: cmavo
connected tenses
negation of compared with negation in connective: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
connecting operands
with "bo" in connective: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
with "ke" in connective: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
connecting operators
with "bo" in connective: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
with "ke" in connective: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
connection
non-distributed: Non-logical connectives
simultaneously modal and logical: Mixed modal connection
connection of operands
grouping: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
precedence over operator: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
connection of operators
grouping: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
connective answers
non-logical: More about non-logical connectives
connective question answers
contrasted with other languages: Truth questions and connective questions
connective question cmavo
departure from regularity of: Truth questions and connective questions
connective questions
answering: Truth questions and connective questions
compared with other languages: Truth questions and connective questions
non-logical: More about non-logical connectives
connectives
as complete grammatical utterance: Truth questions and connective questions
as ungrammatical utterance: Truth questions and connective questions
table by constructs connected: Constructs and appropriate connectives
consonant
definition: Consonant Clusters
effect on syllable count: Consonant Clusters
consonant clusters
buffering of: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
contrasted with doubled consonants: Consonant Clusters
contrasted with single consonants: Consonant Clusters
definition of: Consonant Clusters
more than three consonants in: Initial Consonant Pairs
consonant pairs
in brivla: brivla
initial: Initial Consonant Pairs
letter "y" within: brivla
restrictions on: Consonant Clusters
consonant triples: Initial Consonant Pairs
restrictions on: Initial Consonant Pairs
consonant-final words
necessity for pause after: Rules for inserting pauses
consonants
contrasted with vowels: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
final: Consonant Clusters
position of: Consonant Clusters
pronunciation of
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
restrictions on: Consonant Clusters
syllabic: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
voiced/unvoiced equivalents: Consonant Clusters
voicing of: Consonant Clusters
continents
gismu for: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
continues: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
continuitive event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
continuous
of tense intervals: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
contradictory negation
using "naku" before selbri: Using naku outside a prenex
contradictory negation of modals
explanation of meaning: Modal negation
contributors to this book: Acknowledgements and Credits
conversion
accessing tense of bridi with "jai": Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
definition: Conversion of simple selbri , Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
effect of multiple on a selbri: Conversion: SE
effect on BAI: Modal tags: BAI
extending scope of: Conversion: SE
modal: Modal conversion: JAI
of BAI cmavo: Modal tags: BAI
of operator places: Miscellany
scope of: Conversion: SE
swapping non-first places: Conversion: SE
swapping with modal place: Modal conversion: JAI
conversion and tanru: Conversion of simple selbri
conversion into sumti from mekso: Simple infix expressions and equations
conversion of mekso into sumti: Simple infix expressions and equations
conversion of operand into operator: Miscellany
conversion of operator into operand: Miscellany
conversion of operator into selbri: Other uses of mekso
conversion of selbri into operand: Using Lojban resources within mekso
conversion of selbri into operator: Using Lojban resources within mekso
conversion of sentence with quantified variables
technique: Using naku outside a prenex
conversion of sumti into operand: Using Lojban resources within mekso
conversion of sumti into selbri: selbri based on sumti: me
conversion with "se"
effect of "naku" negation boundary on conversion: Using naku outside a prenex
conversion with ke: Conversion of simple selbri
converted selbri
as different selbri from unconverted: Conversion: SE
as resetting standard order: Conversion: SE
compared with selbri with FA in meaning: Conversion: SE
contrasted with other similar selbri: Conversion: SE
contrasted with selbri with FA in structure: Conversion: SE
definition: Conversion: SE
forming with SE: Conversion: SE
in descriptions: Conversion: SE
place structure of: Conversion: SE
retention of basic meaning in: Conversion: SE
to access non-first place in description: Conversion: SE
creative understanding: Why have lujvo?
credits for pictures: Acknowledgements and Credits
credits for this book: Acknowledgements and Credits
cross product
with tenses: Sub-events
cross-dependency: Dependent places
cross-product
contrasted with "and": More about non-logical connectives
of sets: More about non-logical connectives
cultural knowledge
example: Evidentials
cultural words
rafsi fu'ivla proposal for: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
culturally dependent lujvo: Miscellaneous indicators
cup's friend: Relative phrases
curious: Predication/sentence abstraction , Predication/sentence abstraction
Cy-form cmavo
rules for pause after: Rules for inserting pauses
cycles: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
Cyrillic alphabet
language shift word for: Alien alphabets
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for the Cyrillic alphabet

D

da'a
default number for: Indefinite numbers
decimal point
as numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
effect of different notations: Signs and numerical punctuation
in bases other than 10: Non-decimal and compound bases
deduction
example: Evidentials
default operator precedence
contrasted with mekso goal: Simple infix expressions and equations
deference: Attitudinal modifiers
definable pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
sequences of lerfu words as: Pro-sumti summary
definite numbers
combined with indefinite: Indefinite numbers
demonstrated potential
expressing: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
demonstrative pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary , Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
DeMorgan's Law
and bridi-tail logical connection: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
and distributing a negation: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
and internal "naku" negations: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
and logically connected sentences: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
and moving a logical connective relative to "naku": Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
sample applications: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
dereferencing a pointer
with "la'e": sumti qualifiers
derivational morphology
definition: Introductory
derogatory terms: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
descriptions
and abstractions: The syntax of abstraction
as based on first place of following selbri: Conversion: SE
as possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
components of: The three basic description types
importance of selbri first place in: The three basic description types
non-specific: The three basic description types
quick-tour version: Description sumti
specific: The three basic description types
types of: The three basic description types , The three basic description types
use of SE in: Conversion: SE
descriptions with lo
teddy bear contrasted with real bear: The three basic description types
descriptor
as part of description: The three basic description types
descriptors
implicit quantifiers for: Quantified descriptions
omission of: Indefinite descriptions
purpose of: The three basic description types
destination: Conversion: SE
Devanagari: Alien alphabets
diacritic marks
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
diacritical marks
as lerfu: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
considered as forming distinct letters: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
order of specification within "tei…foi": Accent marks and compound lerfu words
problem of position: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
problem with multiple on one lerfu: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
specifying with "tei…foi": Accent marks and compound lerfu words
dictionary
superior authority of: Disclaimers
die after living: Tenses as sumtcita
digit questions: Number questions
digit string
definition of: Other uses of mekso
digits
cmavo for: Lojban numbers
list of decimal: Complete table of PA cmavo: digits, punctuation, and other numbers.
list of hexadecimal: Complete table of PA cmavo: digits, punctuation, and other numbers.
names from: Miscellany
rafsi for: Miscellany
rationale for having 16: Non-decimal and compound bases
digits beyond 9
word pattern: Non-decimal and compound bases
dimension
meaning as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
dimensionality
of walking: Dimensionality: VIhA
order with size in spatial tense intervals: Dimensionality: VIhA
dimensionality of interval
as subjective: Dimensionality: VIhA
dimensioned numbers
expressing: Using Lojban resources within mekso
diphthongs
classification of: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
contrasted with vowel pairs: Vowel Pairs
definition of: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
English analogues of: English Analogues For Lojban Diphthongs
in fu'ivla: fu'ivla
IPA for: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
list of: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
pronunciation of
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
specific to cmevla: cmevla
specific to names: cmevla
direct address: Vocative scales
direction
following interval in tense construct: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
interaction with movement specification in tenses: Movement in space: MOhI
order of relative to distance in spatial tenses: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
reference frame for: Movement in space: MOhI
specification with FAhA: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
directions
multiple with movement: Movement in space: MOhI
disambiguated instance: The meaning of lujvo
disclaimers: Disclaimers
discourse
commentary on: Discursives
expressing utterance relation to: Discursives
gesture markers: Discursives
tone of voice markers: Discursives
discrete
of tense intervals: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
discursive indicator: Paragraphs: NIhO
discursives
"su'a" as: Evidentials
as metalinguistic claims: Discursives
contrasted with attitudinals: Discursives
definition: Discursives
discourse commentary: Discursives
discourse management: Discursives
embedded: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
expressing how things are said: Discursives
knowledge: Discursives
placement in sentence: Discursives
quick-tour version: Indicators
word-level: Discursives
discursives for consecutive discourse: Discursives
contrasted: Discursives
discursives for managing discourse flow: Discursives
discuss in language: More about non-logical connectives
distance
order of relative to direction in spatial tenses: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
specification with VA: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
distributing a negation: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
distribution of quantified sumti: Grouping of quantifiers
ditto
example: Discursives
diversified species: Notes on gismu place structures
DNA: Acronyms
doctor and then rich: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
dog bites: Dropping the prenex
dog breathes: Restricted claims: da poi
dog house
example: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
dog or cat: Truth questions and connective questions , Truth questions and connective questions , Truth questions and connective questions
doghouse: The meaning of lujvo
example: lujvo-making examples
dogs bite: Grouping of quantifiers
Dong: Ordering lujvo places. , Ordering lujvo places. , Ordering lujvo places.
double negation
and "naku": Using naku outside a prenex
double negatives
effect of interactions between quantifiers and negation on: Negation boundaries
double underscore notation convention for Quick Tour chapter: The concept of the bridi
doubled consonants
contrasted with consonant clusters: Consonant Clusters
contrasted with single consonants: Consonant Clusters
dream
example: Evidentials
du
as an exception within GOhA selma'o: Other kinds of simple selbri
ducks swim: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA

E

E
notation convention for logical connectives: The Four basic vowels
Earl
example: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
eat in airplane: Movement in space: MOhI
eat themselves: Indefinite numbers
editorial commentary: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
editorial insertion: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
of text already containing "sa'a": Miscellaneous indicators
with "sa'a": Miscellaneous indicators
eight out of ten: Special mekso selbri
Einsteinian
space-time intervals with 4 dimensions: Dimensionality: VIhA
ek
definition: The six types of logical connectives
eks
connecting operands: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
in sumti forethought logical connection: sumti connection
elementary schools: Dependent places
Elgin
Suzette Haden and evidentials: Evidentials
elided tense
meaning of: Introductory
elimination process: Ordering lujvo places.
ellipsis
quick-tour version: Some simple Lojban bridi
elliptical pro-bridi: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
elliptical pro-sumti: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
elliptical sumti: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
elliptical value
contrasted with typical value for sumti: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
embarrassment
example: Emotional categories
embedded bridi tenses
effect of main bridi tense on: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
embedded discursive: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
emotional categories: Emotional categories
emotional indicators
noticeable effects of: Tentative conclusion
emotional scale: Attitudes as scales
emotions
compound: The space of emotions
cultural bias of expression: Tentative conclusion
insights: The space of emotions
recording using indicators: Tentative conclusion
research using indicators: Tentative conclusion
when expressed: The space of emotions
empathy: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
emphasis
changing by using non-standard form of bridi: Standard bridi form: cu
end of file: No more to say: FAhO
endpoints
inclusion in interval: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
engineering: Some simple Lojban bridi
English "we"
contrasted with Lojban pro-sumti for "we": Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
English prepositions
contrasted with modal tags in preciseness: Modal tags: BAI
Englishman in Africa: Individuals and masses
enough currency: Indefinite numbers
enough-th: Special mekso selbri
equivalents to brivla: Other kinds of simple selbri
erasure
multiple word: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
names: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
of quotations with "zo": Erasure: SI, SA, SU
quotes: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
total: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
word: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
error marking
metalinguistic: Miscellaneous indicators
ete: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
event abstractions: Event abstraction
types: Types of event abstractions
event contours
achievative: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
as characteristic portions of events: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
as timeless in perspective: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
cessative: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
completitive: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
continuitive: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
contrasted with tense direction in implication of extent: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
definition: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
division of the event into: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
implications on scope of event: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
inchoative: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
initiative: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
interruption: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
order with respect to TAhE and ROI: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
pausative: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
points associated with: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
resumption: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
resumptive: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
retrospective: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
strings of: Sub-events
superfective: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
syntax of: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
temporal contrasted with spatial: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
event contours as sumtcita
contrasted with direction and distance: Tenses as sumtcita
event types
described: Types of event abstractions
event-relative viewpoint
contrasted with speaker-relative viewpoint: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
events
considered as a process: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
duration: Event abstraction
place structure: Event abstraction
everybody loves something: Negation boundaries
everyone
contrasted with anyone in assumption of existence: The problem of “any”
everyone bitten by dog: Dropping the prenex
everything
expressing with "ro da": Universal claims
everything breathes: Restricted claims: da poi
everything loves everything: Universal claims
everything sees me: Universal claims
everything sees something: Universal claims
evidentials
"ba'a" scale: Evidentials
"ja'o" contrasted with "su'a": Evidentials
"ka'u" contrasted with "se'o": Evidentials
"se'o" contrasted with "ka'u": Evidentials
"su'a" contrasted with "ja'o": Evidentials
definition: Evidentials
grammar: Evidentials
in English: Evidentials
indisputable bridi: Evidentials
inspiration for: Evidentials
placement in bridi: Evidentials
quick-tour version: Indicators
rhetorical flavor: Evidentials
scales: Evidentials
exact number
expressing: Approximation and inexact numbers
example of examples: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
examples
structure of: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
examples in this book: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
except from 10 to 12: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
existential
mixed claim with universal: Universal claims
existential claims
definition: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
restricting: Restricted claims: da poi
existential variable
in abstraction contrasted with in main bridi: The problem of “any”
in main bridi contrasted with in abstraction: The problem of “any”
experience abstraction: Minor abstraction types
experience abstractions
place structure: Minor abstraction types
experience abstractor: Minor abstraction types
experienced: Evidentials
experimental cmavo
definition: cmavo
forms for: cmavo
exponential notation
with "gei": Infix operators revisited
with base other than 10: Infix operators revisited
exporting negation to prenex
"naku" contrasted with internal bridi negation: Using naku outside a prenex
internal bridi negation contrasted with "naku": Using naku outside a prenex
external bridi negation
compared to internal bridi negation: Negation boundaries
definition: Negation boundaries
extrinsic possession
definition: Relative phrases

F

F.8 base 16: Non-decimal and compound bases
FA tags and linked sumti: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
face
specifying for letters: Alien alphabets
false statement
implications of: Logical connection of bridi
far away from the nearby park: Tenses as sumtcita
fast talker: tanru
fast-talker shoe: tanru
father: The concept of the bridi
father mother: lujvo
fewsome: Special mekso selbri
Fido: Dropping the prenex
field rations: lujvo
figurative lujvo: Miscellaneous indicators
place structure: Miscellaneous indicators
figurative speech: Miscellaneous indicators
final syllable stress
rules for pause after: Rules for inserting pauses
finish
contrasted with stop: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
finished: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
first rat: Special mekso selbri
firstly: Other uses of mekso
fish eat: Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU , Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU
fish on right: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
flashbacks in story time: Story time
fleas: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
flexible vocabulary: brivla
floating point numbers
expressing: Infix operators revisited
flow of discourse
managing with discursives: Discursives
folk quantifiers
expressing: Using Lojban resources within mekso
font: Alien alphabets , Alien alphabets , Alien alphabets
specifying for letters: Alien alphabets
food
use of fu'ivla for specific: fu'ivla
foreman of a jury
example: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
forethought bridi connection
as grammatically one sentence: Forethought bridi connection
forethought bridi connectives
contrasted with afterthought bridi connectives: Forethought bridi connection
forethought bridi-tail connection
special rule for tense: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
forethought connection
contrasted with afterthought for grammatical utterances: Truth questions and connective questions
definition: Other modal connections
in abstractions: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
in tenses: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
observatives: Multiple compound bridi
of operands: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
of operators: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
forethought connections
modal compared with tense in semantics: Tenses versus modals
forethought connectives
as ungrammatical utterance: Truth questions and connective questions
contrasted with afterthought connectives: Forethought bridi connection
with tense: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
forethought connectives and bo: Grouping of afterthought connectives
forethought intervals
GAhO position: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
forethought logical connectives
within tanru: Logical connection within tanru
forethought logical connectives in tanru
effect on tanru grouping: Logical connection within tanru
forethought modal sentence connection: Other modal connections
relation to modal of first bridi in: Other modal connections
relation to modal of second bridi in: Other modal connections
forethought modal sentence connection for causals
order of cause and effect: Other modal connections
forethought tanru connection: Logical connection within tanru
forethought tense connection
contrasted with afterthought in likeness to modal connection: Tenses versus modals
forethought tense connection of bridi-tails
order of: Tense relations between sentences
forethought tense connection of sentences
order of: Tense relations between sentences
forethought tense connection of sumti
order of: Tense relations between sentences
forethought termsets
logical connection of: Termset logical connection
formal requirement: Attitudes as scales , Attitudes as scales , Attitudes as scales , Attitudes as scales , Attitudes as scales , Attitudes as scales
former market: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
former state: Comparatives and superlatives
formulae
expressing based on pure dimensions: Using Lojban resources within mekso
four "e"s: References to lerfu
Four score and seven: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
fourteen "e"s: What's a letteral, anyway?
fraction
meaning with elided numerator and denominator: Special numbers
fractions
expressing with numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
numerator default: Signs and numerical punctuation
fragmentary text: Miscellaneous indicators
Frank is a fool: Predication/sentence abstraction , Predication/sentence abstraction
free modifiers
effects on elidability of terminators: Subscripts
friend's cup: Relative phrases
from one to two o'clock: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
fu'ivla
algorithm for constructing: fu'ivla
as a subtype of brivla: brivla
as Stage 3 borrowings: fu'ivla
as Stage 4 borrowings: fu'ivla
categorized contrasted with uncategorized in ease of construction: fu'ivla
considerations for choosing basis word: fu'ivla
consonant clusters in: fu'ivla
construction of: fu'ivla
definition
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
diphthongs in: fu'ivla
disambiguation of: fu'ivla
form for rafsi fu'ivla proposal: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
form of: fu'ivla
initial consonant cluster in: fu'ivla
method of including in lujvo: rafsi
quick-tour version: Examples of brivla
rules for formation of: fu'ivla
stress in: fu'ivla
uniqueness of meaning in: fu'ivla
use of: fu'ivla
with invalid diphthongs: fu'ivla
fu'ivla categorizer: fu'ivla
for distinguishing fu'ivla form: fu'ivla
for distinguishing specialized meanings: fu'ivla
selection consideration for: fu'ivla
fully reduced lujvo
definition: rafsi
function f of x: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
function name
lerfu string as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
future event
possible extension into present: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
futureward
as a spatial tense: Dimensionality: VIhA
fuzzy logic and truth-value abstraction: Truth-value abstraction: jei

G

gadri
definition: The five kinds of simple sumti
gek
definition: Forethought bridi connection
gek bridi connectives
contrasted with ijeks: Forethought bridi connection
geks
connecting operands: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
in forethought sumti connection: sumti connection
syntax of: Forethought bridi connection
General American: IPA For English Speakers
general sumti
contrasted with operands: Simple infix expressions and equations
general terms: Notes on gismu place structures
German rich man: Grouping of afterthought connectives
Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
gihek
definition: Compound bridi
giheks
syntax of: Compound bridi
gik
as name for compound cmavo: The six types of logical connectives
definition: Forethought bridi connection
giks
syntax of: Forethought bridi connection
girls' school
little: Three-part tanru grouping with bo , Three-part tanru grouping with bo , Three-part tanru grouping with bo
gismu
algorithm for: lujvo-making examples
and cmavo
major: gismu
as a subtype of brivla: brivla
as partitioning semantic space: gismu
basic rafsi for: rafsi
coined: The gismu creation algorithm
conflicts between: gismu
creation
and transcription blunders: The gismu creation algorithm
considerations for selection after scoring: The gismu creation algorithm
proscribed gismu pairs: The gismu creation algorithm
scoring rules: The gismu creation algorithm
cultural: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
definition: gismu
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
ethnic: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
examples of: gismu
exceptions to gismu creation by algorithm: The gismu creation algorithm
for countries: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
for languages: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
for Lojban source languages: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
geographical: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
length of: gismu
level of uniqueness of rafsi relating to: rafsi
Lojban-specific: The gismu creation algorithm
place order
rationale: Notes on gismu place structures
place structures: Notes on gismu place structures
rationale: Notes on gismu place structures
quick-tour version: Examples of brivla
rationale for choice of: gismu
religious: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
rules for: gismu
scientific-mathematical: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
selection of: gismu
source of: gismu
source-language weights for: The gismu creation algorithm
special: gismu
too-similar: The gismu creation algorithm
give: The concept of the bridi , The concept of the bridi , The concept of the bridi
give or receive: Tagging places: FA
giving the horse: Property abstractions
glottal stop
as pause in Lojban: The Special Lojban Characters
glue in lujvo
n-hyphen as: lujvo
r-hyphen as: lujvo
y-hyphen as: lujvo
go: Standard bridi form: cu
go to Boston from Atlanta: Standard bridi form: cu
go to market: Introductory
go to Paris or Rome: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
go to the store: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
go-er: Conversion: SE
goal of this book: What is this book?
goer table: Simple tanru
goer-house
example: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
good house: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
grammatical categories
use of upper case for: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
grammatical terms
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
grasp water: Other modal connections
great soldier: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo , Ordering lujvo places.
Greek alphabet
language shift word for: Alien alphabets
Greek aorist tense
compared with Lojban tense: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
Greek-Americans own restaurants: Descriptors for typical objects
grouping
of connection in abstractions: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
of connection in tenses: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
grouping parentheses: Complex tanru with ke and ke'e
guhek
definition: Logical connection within tanru
guheks
connecting operators: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
syntax of: Logical connection within tanru
guheks for tanru connection
rationale: Logical connection within tanru

H

had earlier: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
hands in pockets: Relative phrases
handwriting: Alien alphabets
hanzi: What about Chinese characters?
happiness: Abstraction focus pro-sumti: ce'u
happy face
example: The universal bu
has a heart: Property abstractions
have never: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
having
of properties: Property abstractions
healthy: Questions , Questions , Questions , Questions , Questions
hearsay
example: Evidentials
heartburn
example: Miscellaneous indicators
Hebrew alphabet
language shift word for: Alien alphabets
Helvetica font: Alien alphabets
hepatitis: rafsi , rafsi
hereafter known as
example: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
hesitation sound: Hesitation: Y
hexadecimal system
specifying numbers in (see also base): Non-decimal and compound bases
hierarchy of priorities for selecting lujvo form: The lujvo scoring algorithm
hiragana: Alien alphabets
contrasted with kanji: What about Chinese characters?
hit cousin: Discursives , Discursives , Discursives , Discursives
hit nose: Discursives , Discursives , Discursives , Discursives
hits: The concept of the bridi
Hollywood: Descriptors for typical objects
hospitality
example: Vocative scales
hours
example of timestamp: Non-decimal and compound bases
huh?: Miscellaneous indicators
hundred
expressing as number: Lojban numbers
husband and wife: Evidentials
hyphen letter
definition: rafsi
hyphens
use of: rafsi
hyphens in lujvo
proscribed where not required: The lujvo-making algorithm
hypothetical world: Propositional attitude indicators
contrasted with real world
example: Discursives
hypothetical world point of view: Discursives

I

IBM: Acronyms
ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
idea abstraction: Minor abstraction types
idea abstractions
place structure: Minor abstraction types
identity
expressing with "po'u": Relative phrases
identity predicate: The identity predicate: du
if
English usage contrasted with Lojban logical connective: Logical connection of bridi
expressing hypothetical world: Discursives
expressing real world: Discursives
meaning in logical connections: Logical connection of bridi
if coffee
bring tea: Truth questions and connective questions
if … then
compared with English "only if": Logical connection of bridi
logical connectives contrasted with other translations: Forethought bridi connection
ijek
definition: The six types of logical connectives
ijek bridi connectives
contrasted with geks: Forethought bridi connection
ijek logical connectives
connecting bridi: Logical connection of bridi
ijeks
syntax of: Logical connection of bridi
ijoik
as name for compound cmavo: The six types of logical connectives
definition: More about non-logical connectives
imaginary journey
and spatial tense: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
ending point: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
origin in tense forethought bridi-tail connection: Tense relations between sentences
origin in tense forethought sentence connection: Tense relations between sentences
origin in tense forethought sumti connection: Tense relations between sentences
origin of in tense-connected sentences: Tense relations between sentences
stages of in compound tenses: Compound spatial tenses
starting at a different point: Tenses as sumtcita
starting point: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA , Tenses as sumtcita
with interval direction: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
imaginary journey origin
with sticky tenses: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
imperatives
and truth: Truth questions and connective questions
attitude: Attitudinal modifiers
English contrasted with Lojban in presence of subject of command: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
quick-tour version: Vocatives and commands
with "ko": Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
implausible: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
implicit quantifier
for quotations: Quantified sumti
on quotations
discussion of: Quantified sumti
importance of point
scale with "ra'u": Discursives
in the aftermath: Tenses as sumtcita
inalienable
distinguishing from alienable: Relative phrases
inalienable possession
definition: Relative phrases
expressing with "po'e": Relative phrases
inchoative event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
incidental association
expressing with "ne": Relative phrases
incidental identification
expressing with "no'u": Relative phrases
incidental relative clause
as a parenthetical device: Incidental relative clauses
definition: Incidental relative clauses
inclusion
property of sets: Masses and sets
indefinite description
as needing explicit outer quantifier: Indefinite descriptions
as prohibiting explicit inner quantifier: Indefinite descriptions
compared with restricted variable: Variables with generalized quantifiers
definition: Indefinite descriptions , Variables with generalized quantifiers
indefinite numbers
combined with definite: Indefinite numbers
indefinite portions
subjective: Indefinite numbers
indefinite pro-bridi: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
indefinite pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary , Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
implicit quantifier for: Pro-sumti summary
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
indefinite sumti
as implicit quantification: Using naku outside a prenex
compared to sumti with "lo": Grouping of quantifiers
meaning when multiple in sentence: Grouping of quantifiers
multiple in sentence: Grouping of quantifiers
indefinite values
subjective: Indefinite numbers
indicator scope: Paragraphs: NIhO
indicators: What are attitudinal indicators?
evolutionary development of: Tentative conclusion
grammar for compounding: Compound indicators
meaning when compounded: Compound indicators
placement of: Propositional attitude indicators
quick-tour version: Indicators
ramifications: Tentative conclusion
rationale for selection: Tentative conclusion
scope effect of new paragraph: Paragraphs: NIhO
types of: What are attitudinal indicators?
indirect question: Miscellaneous indicators
indirect question involving sumti: Indirect questions
indirect questions
"ma kau" contrasted with "la .djan. kau": Indirect questions
indirect questions without "kau": Indirect questions
indisputable bridi: Evidentials
individual: Special mekso selbri
individual descriptors
different implicit outer quantifiers among: Quantified descriptions
individual objects
multiple: Individuals and masses
individuals
expressing relation with mass formed: Special mekso selbri
expressing relation with set formed: Special mekso selbri
individuals into mass
by non-logical connection: Non-logical connectives
individuals into set
by non-logical connection: Non-logical connectives
individuals of set
expressing measurement standard for indefinites: Special mekso selbri
indivisible: Types of event abstractions
induction
example: Evidentials
inexact numbers with bounds: Approximation and inexact numbers
inexact portions with bounds: Approximation and inexact numbers
infant ducks: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
inferior: Attitudinal modifiers
infinity: Special numbers
infix notation mixed with Polish: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
example: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
inflammable: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
initial consonant pairs
list of: Initial Consonant Pairs
initiative event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
innate capabilities
expressing implicitly: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
innate capability
expressing explicitly: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
innate properties
extension of from mass to individuals: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
extension to individuals not actually capable: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
inner product: Vectors and matrices
inner quantifier
contrasted with outer quantifier: Quantified descriptions
definition: Quantified descriptions
effect of on meaning: Quantified descriptions
explicit: Quantified descriptions
implicit on descriptors: Quantified descriptions
in indefinite description: Indefinite descriptions
inner sumti
referring to from within relative clause within relative clause: Relative clauses within relative clauses
integral
architectural concept
example: fu'ivla
mathematical concept
example: fu'ivla
interactions between quantifiers and negation
effect: Negation boundaries
interjections
quick-tour version: Indicators
intermediate abstraction: Lojban sumti raising
intermittently: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
internal bridi negation
compared to external bridi negation: Negation boundaries
definition: Negation boundaries
internal naku negations
and DeMorgan's Law: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
internal world: Propositional attitude indicators
International Phonetic Alphabet (see also IPA): Basic Phonetics
intersect: Minor abstraction types
intersection
of sets: More about non-logical connectives
intersection of sets
compared with English "and": More about non-logical connectives
interval
closed: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
followed by direction in tense construct: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
inclusion of endpoints: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
open: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
relation to point specified by direction and distance: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
relative order with direction and distance in tense: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
specifying relation to point specified by direction and distance: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
interval continuousness
meaning as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
interval direction
specifying: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
interval properties
meaning as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
strings of: Sub-events
interval size
as context-dependent: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
meaning as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
unspecified: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
vague: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
interval spread
expressing English "intermittently": Interval properties: TAhE and roi
mutually contrasted: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
negation with "nai": Interval properties: TAhE and roi
with unspecified interval: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
intervals
effect of "nai" on: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
expressed as center and distance: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
expressed as endpoints: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
expressing by endpoints with "bi'o": Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
forethought: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
spread of actions over: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
intrinsic possession
definition: Relative phrases
expressing by using place in some selbri: Relative phrases
expressing with "po'e": Relative phrases
introduce oneself: Vocative scales
invalid diphthongs
in fu'ivla: fu'ivla
invalid speech
marking as error with "na'i": Miscellaneous indicators
inversion of quantifiers
definition: Negation boundaries
in moving negation boundary: Negation boundaries
inversion of quantifiers on passing negation boundary
rationale for: Negation boundaries
invertebrate: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
inverted tanru
effect on sumti after the selbri: Inversion of tanru: co
effect on sumti before the selbri: Inversion of tanru: co
inverting quantifiers
with movement relative to "naku": Using naku outside a prenex
with movement relative to fixed negation: Using naku outside a prenex
IPA: Basic Phonetics
IPA pronunciation
description: IPA For English Speakers
irony
example: Discursives
expressing: Discursives
irrational number: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
irrelevant
specifying of sumti place: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
isomorphism
audio-visual: Orthography
IT
as notation convention in relative clause chapter: What are you pointing at?
italic
example: Alien alphabets
iy diphthong
in cmevla: cmevla

J

j-sound in English
representation in Lojban: Basic Phonetics
James: Consonant Clusters
Jane: cmevla
Japanese hiragana: Alien alphabets
Japanese katakana: Alien alphabets
jargon
use of fu'ivla for: fu'ivla
jek
definition: The six types of logical connectives
jeks
connecting abstractors: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
connecting operators: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
syntax of: Logical connection within tanru
Jesus: Minor abstraction types , Minor abstraction types
Jim: cmevla
John and Sam: The concept of the bridi , The concept of the bridi , The concept of the bridi
John Brown: cmevla , cmevla
John is coming: What are attitudinal indicators? , What are attitudinal indicators? , What are attitudinal indicators? , What are attitudinal indicators? , What are attitudinal indicators?
John Paul Jones: Lojban names
John says that George goes to market: Tenses in subordinate bridi
joigik
as name for compound cmavo: The six types of logical connectives
definition: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
joigiks
connection types: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
syntax of: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
joik
as name for compound cmavo: The six types of logical connectives
definition: Non-logical connectives
joiks
effect of "nai" on: More about non-logical connectives
grouping: More about non-logical connectives
syntax of: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
use of "se" in: Non-logical connectives
jokes: What is this book?
Jupiter life: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
juror number 5: Possessive sumti

K

kanji
contrasted with alphabets and syllabaries: What about Chinese characters?
representing based on romaji spelling: What about Chinese characters?
representing based on strokes: What about Chinese characters?
katakana: Alien alphabets
Kate: cmevla
Katrina: cmevla
kept on too long: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
killing Jim: Types of event abstractions , Types of event abstractions
kissing Jane: Event abstraction
know: Predication/sentence abstraction
know who: Indirect questions
contrasted with know that: Indirect questions
knowledge discursives: Discursives
compared with propositional attitudes: Discursives
Korean: fu'ivla , fu'ivla
Kzinti
communication with: Tentative conclusion

L

l-hyphen
use of: fu'ivla
Láadan evidentials: Evidentials
Lady: cmevla
lambda calculus
operator and operand distinction in: Miscellany
language shift
based on name + "bu": Alien alphabets
choice of Lojban-lerfu-word counterpart: Alien alphabets
compound: Alien alphabets
effect on following words: Alien alphabets
formation of shift alphabet name: Alien alphabets
interaction with "bu": Alien alphabets
rationale for: Alien alphabets
standardization of: Alien alphabets
large meal: Attitudinal modifiers
large-base decimal fraction
expressing: Non-decimal and compound bases
latent component: Anomalous lujvo
Latin
alphabet of Lojban: What's a letteral, anyway?
Latin alphabet: Orthography
language shift word for: Alien alphabets
learning Lojban
magnitude of task: gismu
left-grouping rule
definition of: Three-part tanru grouping with bo
legal jargon
example: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
legal system: Truth-value abstraction: jei
lemon tree: Simple tanru
Length × Width × Depth = Volume: Using Lojban resources within mekso
Lepidoptera: tanru
lerfu
as assignable pro-sumti: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
contrasted with lerfu word: What's a letteral, anyway?
definition: What's a letteral, anyway?
reference to: References to lerfu
referring to with "me'o": References to lerfu
lerfu as pro-sumti
contrasted with ko'a-series in explicit assignment of: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
explicit assignment of antecedent: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
implicit assignment of antecedent: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
lerfu juxtaposition interpretation
contrasted with mathematical interpretation: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
lerfu shift scope
exception for mathematical texts: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
lerfu string
as function name: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
as mathematical variable: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
as pro-sumti: lerfu words as pro-sumti
assumption of reference: lerfu words as pro-sumti
as pro-sumti assigned by "goi": lerfu words as pro-sumti
as quantifier: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
as selbri: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
as subscript: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
as utterance ordinal: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
definition: lerfu words as pro-sumti
interpretation
contrasted with mathematical interpretation: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
lerfu strings
as acronyms using "me": Acronyms
as pro-sumti
for multiple sumti separated by boi: lerfu words as pro-sumti
as quantifiers
avoiding interaction with sumti quantified: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
in mathematical expressions: Simple infix expressions and equations
interpretation of contrasted with normal mathematical interpretation: Simple infix expressions and equations
uses in mathematics: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
with numerical selbri: Special mekso selbri
lerfu word
contrasted with lerfu: What's a letteral, anyway?
for "'": A to Z in Lojban, plus one
lerfu word cmavo
list of auxiliary: List of all auxiliary lerfu-word cmavo
lerfu word set extension
with bu: The universal bu
lerfu words
as a basis for acronym names: Acronyms
composed of compound cmavo: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
composed of single cmavo: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
consonant words contrasted with vowel words: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
effect of systematic formulation: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
for consonants: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
for vowels: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
formation rules: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
forming new for non-Lojban letters using "bu": Accent marks and compound lerfu words
list of proposed
notation convention: Proposed lerfu words – introduction
Lojban coverage requirement: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
proposed for accent marks: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
proposed for Cyrillic alphabet: Proposed lerfu words for the Cyrillic alphabet
proposed for diacritic marks: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
proposed for multiple letters: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
proposed for noisy environments: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
proposed for radio communication: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
table of Lojban: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
using computer encoding schemes with "se'e": Computerized character codes
vowel words contrasted with consonant words: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
lerfu words ending with "y"
pause after
rationale: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
lerfu words for vowels
pause requirement before: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
lerfu words with numeric digits
grammar considerations: What about Chinese characters?
lervla
contrasted with lerfu: What's a letteral, anyway?
less
English word "less"
expressing with relative phrases: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
importance of relative phrase to: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
less than: Approximation and inexact numbers
contrasted with more than
at least, at most: Approximation and inexact numbers
less than two: Approximation and inexact numbers
letter
alphabet: What's a letteral, anyway?
contrasted with word for the letter: What's a letteral, anyway?
letter encoding schemes
application to lerfu words: Computerized character codes
letteral
definition: What's a letteral, anyway?
letters
non-Lojban
representation of diacritical marks on: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
representation with consonant-word + bu: Alien alphabets
representation with consonant-word + bu, drawback: Alien alphabets
representation with language-shift: Alien alphabets
representation with names: Alien alphabets
sound contrasted with symbol for spelling: Alien alphabets
symbol contrasted with sound for spelling: Alien alphabets
likes more than: Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison , Modal relative phrases; Comparison
lined up: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
linguistic behavior: Predication/sentence abstraction
linguistic drift: What is this book?
linguistic drift in Lojban
possible source of: Considerations for making lujvo
linked arguments: Questions and answers
linked sumti
definition: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
in tanru: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
linked sumti and FA tags: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
linked sumti and sumtcita: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
Linnaean names
rules for: cmevla
lion in Africa: Descriptors for typical objects
lions in Africa: Individuals and masses
list: Non-logical connectives
as a physical object: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with sequence: Non-logical connectives
list of things to do: More about non-logical connectives
listen attentively: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
lists
use of "tu'e"/"tu'u" in: More about non-logical connectives
literally: Miscellaneous indicators
living things: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
Livingston: Evidentials
LLG: Acknowledgements and Credits
logic
and attitudinals: What's wrong with this picture?
limits of: What's wrong with this picture?
resolving ambiguities of "nobody": What's wrong with this picture?
logic and Lojban
more aspects: Conclusion
logical connection
effect on elidability of "lo'o": Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
grouping strategies for complex cases contrasted: Grouping of afterthought connectives
in abstractions
inner bridi contrasted with outer bridi: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
in mathematical expressions: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
in tanru
contrasted with unconnected version: Logical connection within tanru
expandability of: Logical connection within tanru
grouping with bo: Logical connection within tanru
grouping with ke: Logical connection within tanru
inside abstractions
contrasted with outside: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
interaction with tenses: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
negation in connecting more than 2 sentences: More than two propositions
of bridi-tail as opposed to tanru: Logical connection within tanru
of bridi-tails
forethought: Multiple compound bridi
restriction on ke: Multiple compound bridi
of forethought termsets: Termset logical connection
of modals: Logical and non-logical connection of modals
of more than 2 sentences
all or none: More than two propositions
forethought: More than two propositions
things to avoid: More than two propositions
of observatives
relation of first places: Compound bridi
of selbri: Compound bridi
of sumti
grouping with parentheses: Grouping of afterthought connectives
restriction on ke: Grouping of afterthought connectives
of tanru
caveat: Logical connection within tanru
of tanru as opposed to bridi-tail: Logical connection within tanru
termsets: Termset logical connection
transformation between forms: sumti connection
with "bo"
precedence: Grouping of afterthought connectives
logical connection of abstractors: Abstractor connection and connection within abstractions
logical connection of more than 2 sentences
mixed "and" and "or": More than two propositions
logical connectives: Logical connection and truth tables
associative: More than two propositions
bridi-tail connection: Compound bridi
cmavo
format for each selma'o: The six types of logical connectives
effect on elidability of "ge'u" from preceding relative phrase: Relative phrases
equivalence relation on 3 sentences: More than two propositions
grouping with "bo": Grouping of afterthought connectives
in tanru: Logical connection within tanru
more than 2 sentences: More than two propositions
negated first sentence as a potential problem for understanding: Forethought bridi connection
non-associative: More than two propositions
observative sentence connection: Compound bridi
pairing from left: More than two propositions
rationale for multiple sets in grammar: The six types of logical connectives
recipes
simplified for logic chapter discussion: bridi negation and logical connectives
relation to truth functions: The Four basic vowels
relative precedence with "me'u": selbri based on sumti: me
right-grouping with bo: Grouping of afterthought connectives
selma'o
enumerated: The six types of logical connectives
syntax rules summary: Rules for making logical and non-logical connectives
table by truth function value: Truth functions and corresponding logical connectives
tensed: Tensed logical connectives
logical connectives and bridi negation: bridi negation and logical connectives
logical connectives and negation
caveat for logic chapter discussions: bridi negation and logical connectives
logical connectives in tanru: Logical connection within tanru
ambiguity of: Logical connection within tanru
effect on formal logical manipulations: Logical connection within tanru
effect on tanru grouping: Logical connection within tanru
usefulness of: Logical connection within tanru
logical connectives within negation
effects of expansion on: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
logical language
truth functions: Logical connection and truth tables
Logical Language Group
example: lujvo-making examples
relation to Lojban: What is Lojban?
logical variables
creating more by subscripting: A few notes on variables
effect of global substitution: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
effect of order in prenex: Universal claims
effect of using multiple different: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
explicitly placing in outer prenex: The problem of “any”
for selbri: selbri variables
implicit placement in smallest enclosing bridi prenex: The problem of “any”
notation convention: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
when not in main bridi: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
with "poi"
in multiple appearances: Dropping the prenex
with "ro"
in multiple appearances: Dropping the prenex
with multiple appearances in bridi: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
logically connected sentences
and DeMorgan's Law: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
logically connected tenses
definition: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
expansion to sentences: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
with JA: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
Loglan: Informal Bibliography
logograms
words for: The universal bu
Lojban
features of: What is Lojban?
history of: What is Lojban?
stability of: What is this book?
Lojban alphabet: Orthography
Lojban letters
IPA for pronouncing: Basic Phonetics
list with IPA pronunciation: Basic Phonetics
Lojbanistan: What is this book?
long ago and far away: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
long rafsi
definition: rafsi
long rafsi form
compared with short form in effect on lujvo meaning: lujvo
long-sword: lujvo with more than two parts.
loose association
expressing with "pe": Relative phrases
Lord: cmevla
love more: Property abstractions
lower case letters
use in Lojban: Upper and lower cases
lower-case
lerfu word for: Upper and lower cases
lower-case letters
English usage contrasted with Lojban: Upper and lower cases
Lojban usage contrasted with English: Upper and lower cases
lower-case word
effect on following lerfu words: Upper and lower cases
lujvo
"zi'o" rafsi effect on place structure of: lujvo based on pro-sumti
abbreviated: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
abstract: Abstract lujvo
algorithm for: The lujvo-making algorithm
and consonant pairs: rafsi
and plausibility: Considerations for making lujvo
and seltau/tertau relationship: The meaning of lujvo
and the listener: Considerations for making lujvo
as a subtype of brivla: brivla
as suppliers of agent place: Notes on gismu place structures
asymmetrical: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
based on multiple tanru: Considerations for making lujvo
cmavo incorporation: Why have lujvo?
comparatives: Comparatives and superlatives
compared with tanru: Why have lujvo?
consideration in choosing meaning for: Considerations for making lujvo
considerations for retaining elements of: Considerations for making lujvo
construction of: lujvo
definition
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
design consideration for relationship: The meaning of lujvo
dropping elements of: Considerations for making lujvo
dropping SE rafsi: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
examples of making: The lujvo scoring algorithm
from cmavo with no rafsi: rafsi
from tanru: lujvo
fully reduced: rafsi
guidelines for place structure: Why have lujvo?
interpreting: The meaning of lujvo
invention of: lujvo
meaning drift of: Considerations for making lujvo
meaning of: lujvo
multiple forms of: lujvo
place structure of figurative lujvo: Miscellaneous indicators
pro-sumti rafsi effect on place structure of: lujvo based on pro-sumti
quick-tour version: Examples of brivla
rationale for: Why have lujvo?
recognizing: rafsi
rules for formation of: lujvo
scored examples of: The lujvo scoring algorithm
scoring of: The lujvo-making algorithm
selection of best form of: The lujvo-making algorithm
shorter for more general concepts: Considerations for making lujvo
summary of form characteristics: rafsi
superlatives: Comparatives and superlatives
symmetrical: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
ultimate guideline for choice of meaning/place-structure: Considerations for making lujvo
unambiguity of: Considerations for making lujvo
unambiguous decomposition of: lujvo
unreduced: rafsi
unsuitability of for concrete/specific terms and jargon: fu'ivla
with zei: rafsi
lujvo creation
interaction of KE with NAhE: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
interaction of KE with SE: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
use of multiple SE in: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
lujvo form
consonant cluster requirement in: rafsi
final letter of: rafsi
hierarchy of priorities for selection of: The lujvo scoring algorithm
number of letters in: rafsi
requirements for hyphen insertion in: rafsi
requirements for n-hyphen insertion in: rafsi
requirements for r-hyphen insertion in: rafsi
requirements for y-hyphen insertion in: rafsi
lujvo place order: Ordering lujvo places.
asymmetrical lujvo: Ordering lujvo places.
based on 3-or-more part veljvo: lujvo with more than two parts.
comparatives: Comparatives and superlatives
rationale for standardization: Ordering lujvo places.
superlatives: Comparatives and superlatives
superlatives as exceptions: Comparatives and superlatives
symmetrical lujvo: Ordering lujvo places.
lujvo place structure
"ni" lujvo: Abstract lujvo
"nu" lujvo: Abstract lujvo
basis of: Selecting places
comparative lujvo: Comparatives and superlatives
cross-dependent places: Dependent places
dependent places: Dependent places
dropping "KE": Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
dropping "KEhE": Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
dropping cross-dependent places: Dependent places
dropping dependent places
caveat: Dependent places
dropping dependent seltau places: Dependent places
dropping dependent tertau places: Dependent places
dropping redundant places: The meaning of lujvo
effect of "SE": Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
effect of "SE"-dropping in tertau: Eliding SE rafsi from tertau
explicated walk-through: The meaning of lujvo
guidelines: Why have lujvo?
multi-place abstraction lujvo: Abstract lujvo
notation conventions: The meaning of lujvo
rationale for standardization: Selecting places
selecting tertau: Dependent places
superlatives: Comparatives and superlatives
when first place redundant with non-first: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
when first places redundant: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
when first places redundant plus others: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
lukewarm food: sumti qualifiers

M

magic square: Vectors and matrices
male sexual teacher
example: lujvo-making examples
man biting dog: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
man or woman: Logical connection and truth tables
man-woman: Logical connection within tanru
manhole: Compound spatial tenses
manysome: Special mekso selbri
maple sugar: fu'ivla
maple trees: fu'ivla
marathon: Types of event abstractions
Mars road
example: Conversion: SE
mass
compared with set as abstract of multiple individuals: Masses and sets
contrasted with ordered sequence: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with set in attribution of component properties: Masses and sets
contrasted with set in distribution of properties: Non-logical connectives
expressing measurement standard for indefinites: Special mekso selbri
expressing relation with individuals forming: Special mekso selbri
expressing relation with set forming: Special mekso selbri
joining elements into a mass: Non-logical connectives
mass contrasted with components
in properties of: Non-logical connectives
mass name
use of: Individuals and masses
mass object
and logical reasoning: Individuals and masses
as dependent on intention: Individuals and masses
contrasted with multiple individual objects: Individuals and masses
properties of: Individuals and masses
mass objects
peculiarities of English translation of: Individuals and masses
masses
rule for implicit outer quantifier: Quantified descriptions
mathematical equality
expressing: Simple infix expressions and equations
mathematical expression
referring to: Other uses of mekso
mathematical expressions
connectives in: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
implicit quantifier for: Number summary
tensed connection in: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
mathematical expressions in tanru: Other kinds of simple selbri
mathematical intervals: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
mathematical notation
and omitted operators: Introductory
and operator precedence: Simple infix expressions and equations
infix: Simple infix expressions and equations
international uniqueness of: Introductory
mathematical operators: Simple infix expressions and equations
mathematical texts
effect on lerfu shift scope: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
mathematical variables
lerfu strings as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
mathematics
use of lerfu strings in: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
matrices
use as operands: Vectors and matrices
use of parentheses with: Vectors and matrices
matrix
as combination of vectors: Vectors and matrices
definition: Vectors and matrices
with "ge'a" for more than 2 rows/columns: Vectors and matrices
with more than 2 dimensions: Vectors and matrices
matrix column operator: Vectors and matrices
matrix row operator: Vectors and matrices
Mayan mathematics
as a system with base larger than 16: Non-decimal and compound bases
measurements
expressing: Simple infix expressions and equations
meat slice: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
medieval weapon: lujvo with more than two parts.
mei
place structure formed for objective indefinites: Special mekso selbri
mekso
and literary translation: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
complex used as quantifier: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
design goals: Introductory
mekso chapter
completeness: Introductory
table notation convention: Introductory
mekso goal
coverage: Introductory
expandable: Introductory
for common use: Introductory
for mathematical writing: Introductory
precision: Introductory
unambiguous: Introductory
mekso goals
and ambiguity: Introductory
and non-mathematical expression: Introductory
mathematical notation form: Introductory
melting: Notes on gismu place structures
membership
property of sets: Masses and sets
mental activity: Predication/sentence abstraction
mental discomfort
example: Emotional categories
metalinguistic comment
with embedded discursive: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
metalinguistic levels: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
metalinguistic levels or reference: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
metalinguistic pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
implicit quantifier for: Pro-sumti summary
metalinguistic words
quick-tour version: Indicators
mice: Minor abstraction types
minutes
example of timestamp: Non-decimal and compound bases
misinterpretation: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
Mitsubishi: What about Chinese characters?
mixed claim
definition: Universal claims
mixed modal connection
afterthought: Mixed modal connection
as proscribed in forethought: Mixed modal connection
definition: Mixed modal connection
of bridi-tails: Mixed modal connection
of sentences: Mixed modal connection
of sumti: Mixed modal connection
mixed with: Non-logical connectives
modal bridi-tail connection: Other modal connections
modal causals
implication differences: Modal sentence connection: the causals
modal cmavo
basis in gismu place structure: Complete table of BAI cmavo with rough English equivalents
position relative to selbri: Tenses and bridi negation
regular form for derivation: CV'V cmavo of selma'o BAI with irregular forms
table with English equivalents: Complete table of BAI cmavo with rough English equivalents
modal cmavo table
format of: Complete table of BAI cmavo with rough English equivalents
modal connection
simultaneous with logical: Mixed modal connection
modal connection of selbri
using bridi-tail modal connection: Other modal connections
modal connectives
fi'o prohibited in: Other modal connections
modal conversion
access to original first place with fai: Modal conversion: JAI
grammar of: Modal conversion: JAI
place structure of: Modal conversion: JAI
with no modal specified: Modal conversion: JAI
modal conversion with fi'o: Modal conversion: JAI
modal conversion without modal
as vague: Modal conversion: JAI
modal conversions
in descriptions: Modal conversion: JAI
modal followed by selbri
compared with tanru modification in meaning: Modal selbri
contrasted with tanru modification in grammar: Modal selbri
effect on eliding cu: Modal selbri
modal operand connection: Other modal connections
modal place
definition: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
on description selbri: Modal tags: BAI
rationale for term name: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
relation of to selbri: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
modal place relation
importance of first place in: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
modal sentence connection: Modal sentence connection: the causals
condensing: Other modal connections
effect on modal: Modal sentence connection: the causals
forethought: Other modal connections
relation to modal of first sentence in: Modal sentence connection: the causals
relation to modal of second sentence in: Modal sentence connection: the causals
table of equivalent schemata: Tenses versus modals
with other than causals: Modal sentence connection: the causals
modal sumti
and FA marking: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
as first place of modal tag selbri: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
definition (see also seltcita sumti): Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
effect on place structure: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
leaving vague: Modal selbri
position in bridi: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
unspecified: Modal selbri
modal sumti connection: Other modal connections
modal tag
definition (see also sumtcita): Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
fi'o with selbri as: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
for vague relationship: Modal tags: BAI
modal tags
contrasted with English prepositions in preciseness: Modal tags: BAI
short forms as BAI cmavo: Modal tags: BAI
modal tags and sumtcita: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
modal-or-tense question
with "cu'e": Tense questions: cu'e
modal-or-tense questions
pre-specifying some information: Tense questions: cu'e
modals
compared with tenses in syntax: Tenses versus modals
contradictory negation of: Modal negation
contrasted with tenses in semantics: Tenses versus modals
expanding scope over inner modal connection: Modal selbri
expanding scope over logical connection with ke ... ke'e: Modal selbri
expanding scope over multiple sentences with tu'e…tu'u: Modal selbri
expanding scope over non-logical connection: Modal selbri
for causal gismu: Modal sentence connection: the causals
importance of 1st sumti place for sumtcita use: Tenses versus modals
improving relative phrase preciseness with : Modal relative phrases; Comparison
making long-scope: Sticky modals
making sticky: Sticky modals
negation of: Modal negation
scalar negation of: Modal negation
termset connection: Other modal connections
modals often attached with relative phrases
list: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
modifier
seltau as: Simple tanru
modifying brivla (see also seltau): lujvo
Mon Repos: Dependent places
more
English word "more"
expressing with relative phrases: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
importance of relative phrase to: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
more than: Approximation and inexact numbers
contrasted with less than
at least, at most: Approximation and inexact numbers
more than two: Approximation and inexact numbers
morphology
conventions for: Introductory
definition: Introductory
derivational: Introductory
simplicity of: Introductory
symbolic conventions for discussing: Introductory
mother father: lujvo
movement
order in tense constructs: Movement in space: MOhI
time: Movement in space: MOhI
with multiple directions: Movement in space: MOhI
movement specification
interaction with direction in tenses: Movement in space: MOhI
movie
example of going to
office: example: Tagging places: FA
multiple "ma"
as multiple questions: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo
multiple "mo"
as multiple questions: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo
multiple compound bridi
restriction on "ke": Multiple compound bridi
multiple conversion
avoiding: Conversion: SE
effect of ordering: Conversion: SE
multiple indefinite sumti
effect of re-ordering in sentence: Grouping of quantifiers
expressing with equal scope: Grouping of quantifiers
meaning: Grouping of quantifiers
multiple indefinite sumti scope
in termset: Grouping of quantifiers
multiple indicators: The uses of indicators
multiple individual objects
contrasted with mass object: Individuals and masses
meaning of: Individuals and masses
multiple letters
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for some accent marks and multiple letters
multiple logical connectives
within tanru: Logical connection within tanru
multiple quantification
effect on selbri placement among sumti: Using naku outside a prenex
multiple questions in one bridi
expressing: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo
multiple relative clauses
attaching with "zi'e": Multiple relative clauses: zi'e
connecting different kinds with "zi'e": Multiple relative clauses: zi'e
multiple speakers: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
multiple sumti in one place
avoiding: Tagging places: FA
multiple tanru inversion
effect on grouping: Inversion of tanru: co
multiple tenses
effect of order in sentence: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
my: Possessive sumti
my chair: Multiple relative clauses: zi'e
myth
example: Evidentials

N

n people: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
n-hyphen
contrasted with r-hyphen in requirements for use: rafsi
use of: lujvo , rafsi
nai
effect on intervals: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
name equivalent for typical
rationale for lack of: Descriptors for typical objects
name words
recognition of: Lojban names
name-words
permissible consonant combinations: Lojban names
names
algorithm for: cmevla
as possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
assigning with "goi": Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
authority for: cmevla
borrowing from other languages: Lojban names
examples of: cmevla
from Lojban words: cmevla
in vocative phrase: Lojban names
multiple: Lojban names
pause requirement in lerfu words: The universal bu
purpose of: cmevla
quick-tour version: Words that can act as sumti
rationale for lojbanizing: cmevla
rules for: cmevla
rules for formation: cmevla
stress in: cmevla , cmevla
two kinds of: Lojban names
unusual stress in: cmevla
uses of: Lojban names
using rafsi: Lojban names
with LA descriptor: Lojban names
names from vowel-final base
commonly used consonant endings: Lojban names
names in Lojban (see also cmevla): cmevla
names with la
implicit quantifier for: Lojban names
naming predicate: The three basic description types
NATO: Acronyms
natural end
continuing beyond: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
contrasted with actual stop: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
Navajo
example: fu'ivla
near the faraway park: Tenses as sumtcita
near the park: Tenses as sumtcita
nearby in time: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
need any box: The problem of “any”
negated intervals
meaning of: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
negating a forethought-connected bridi-tail pair: Multiple compound bridi
negating a forethought-connected sentence pair: Multiple compound bridi
negating a sentence
and truth value: Logical connection and truth tables
negation
complex examples: Scalar negation of selbri
form for emulating natural language negation: Using naku outside a prenex
of operand: Miscellany
of operator: Miscellany
of tenses: Tense negation
negation and logical connectives
caveat for logic chapter discussions: bridi negation and logical connectives
negation between sentences
compared with bridi negation: bridi negation and logical connectives
meaning of: bridi negation and logical connectives
negation boundary
and zero: Negation boundaries
effect of moving: Negation boundaries
negation cmavo
position relative to selbri: Tenses and bridi negation
negation in prenex
effects of position: Negation boundaries
negation manipulation
"na" contrasted with "naku" in difficulty of: Using naku outside a prenex
"naku" contrasted with "na" in difficulty of: Using naku outside a prenex
negation of 'fi'o'-modals
by negating selbri: Modal negation
negation of modals: Modal negation
contradictory: Modal negation
scalar: Modal negation
negation of tenses
meaning of: Tense negation
negation sumti qualifiers
meanings of: sumti qualifiers
negations with logical connectives
effects on expansion of sentence: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
negative answer
quick-tour version: Questions
negative numbers
expressing: Signs and numerical punctuation
negative sign
contrasted with subtraction operator: Special numbers
negator
movement from bridi to sumti: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
new notation: The meaning of lujvo
New York city: Relative phrases , Relative phrases
New York state: Relative phrases
Newport News: Lojban names
news: Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU , Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU
nobody
ambiguous interpretations of: What's wrong with this picture?
interpretation of: What's wrong with this picture?
Lojban contrasted with English: What's wrong with this picture?
noisy environments
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
non-logical connection
and elidability of terminators: Non-logical connectives
in mathematical expressions: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
in tanru
distinguishing from connection of sumti: Non-logical connectives
of individuals into mass: Non-logical connectives
of individuals into set: Non-logical connectives
of modals: Logical and non-logical connection of modals
of operands: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
of operators: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
of sumti
distinguishing from connection in tanru: Non-logical connectives
of termsets: More about non-logical connectives
non-logical connectives
effect of "nai" on: More about non-logical connectives
grouping: More about non-logical connectives
including tense: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
intervals: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
ordered intervals: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
sentence: More about non-logical connectives
syntax rules summary: Rules for making logical and non-logical connectives
un-ordered intervals: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
within tanru: Logical connection within tanru
non-logical forethought termsets
connecting tagged sumti: More about non-logical connectives
non-logically connected tenses: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
non-Lojban quotation: Quotation summary
non-Lojban text
rules for pause with: Rules for inserting pauses
non-restrictive relative clause
definition (see also incidental relative clause): Incidental relative clauses
non-specific descriptions: The three basic description types
non-standard orthographies
caveat: Oddball Orthographies
Cyrillic: Oddball Orthographies
Tengwar: Oddball Orthographies
zbalermorna: Oddball Orthographies
nonagenarian: Comparatives and superlatives
normal circumstances: Event abstraction
notation conventions
for Quick Tour chapter: The concept of the bridi
nothing sits: Negation boundaries
nouns
brivla as Lojban equivalents: brivla
Nth rat: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
nth rat: Special mekso selbri
Nthly: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
null operand
for infix operations with too few operands: Infix operators revisited
null operator
for infix operations with too many operands: Infix operators revisited
number article
explanation of use: Simple infix expressions and equations
number questions: Number questions
answers to: Number questions
number sumti
syntax of: Number summary
with "li": Number summary
with "li" contrasted with "me'o": Number summary
with "me'o": Number summary
with "me'o" contrasted with "li": Number summary
number words
pattern in: Lojban numbers
numbers
as compound cmavo: Lojban numbers
as grammatically complete utterances: Number questions
as possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
cmavo as Lojban equivalents: cmavo
English contrasted with Lojban on exactness: Variables with generalized quantifiers
expressing simple: Lojban numbers
greater than 9: Lojban numbers
implicit quantifier for: Number summary
list of indefinite: Complete table of PA cmavo: digits, punctuation, and other numbers.
list of special: Complete table of PA cmavo: digits, punctuation, and other numbers.
Lojban contrasted with English on exactness: Variables with generalized quantifiers
on logical variables: Variables with generalized quantifiers
rafsi for: rafsi
special: Special numbers
talking about contrasted with using for quantification: Simple infix expressions and equations
using for quantification contrasted with talking about: Simple infix expressions and equations
numeric digits in lerfu words
grammar considerations: What about Chinese characters?
numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
undefined: Special numbers
numerical selbri
alternative to compensate for restriction on numbers: Special mekso selbri
based on non-numerical sumti: Special mekso selbri
complex: Special mekso selbri
grammar: Special mekso selbri
restriction on numbers used for: Special mekso selbri
special: Special mekso selbri
with lerfu strings: Special mekso selbri
use of "me" with: Special mekso selbri
numerical tenses
effect on use of "boi": Other uses of mekso
NYC: Acronyms

O

O
notation convention for logical connectives: The Four basic vowels
observation: Evidentials
observation evidential
contrasted with observative : Evidentials
observative
contrasted with observation evidential: Evidentials
definition: Standard bridi form: cu
observative form
contrasted with command: Standard bridi form: cu
observative with elided CAhA
convention: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
observatives
and abstractions: The syntax of abstraction
quick-tour version: Variant bridi structure
ocean shell: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
octal system
specifying numbers in (see also base): Non-decimal and compound bases
octogenarian: Comparatives and superlatives
of
English word "of"
compared with "do'e": Modal tags: BAI
Old McDonald: The Special Lojban Characters
old topic: Paragraphs: NIhO
omission of descriptor
effect on ku: Indefinite descriptions
omitting terminators
perils of: Scalar negation of selbri
on right
contrasted with toward right: Movement in space: MOhI
on two occasions: Sub-events
on verge: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
once: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
once and future king: Tenses, modals, and logical connection , Tenses, modals, and logical connection
One
the: cmevla
one-third of food: Special mekso selbri
only: Discursives , Discursives , Discursives , Discursives
only if
compared with English "if … then": Logical connection of bridi
only once: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
open interval: Interval connectives and forethought non-logical connection
expressed with "mi'i": Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
operand
converting from operator: Miscellany
converting into operator: Miscellany
converting selbri into: Using Lojban resources within mekso
converting sumti into: Using Lojban resources within mekso
operand connection
afterthought: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
forethought: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
operand modal connection: Other modal connections
operands
connecting: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
contrasted with general sumti: Simple infix expressions and equations
too few for infix operation: Infix operators revisited
too many for infix operation: Infix operators revisited
operator
converting from operand: Miscellany
converting into operand: Miscellany
converting into selbri: Other uses of mekso
converting selbri into: Using Lojban resources within mekso
operator connection
afterthought: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
forethought: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
operator derived from selbri
effect of selbri place structure on: Using Lojban resources within mekso
operator left-right grouping
as Lojban default: Simple infix expressions and equations
operator precedence
and mathematical notation: Simple infix expressions and equations
effect of pragmatic convention: Simple infix expressions and equations
generalized explicit specification: Simple infix expressions and equations
in Lojban default: Simple infix expressions and equations
plans for future: Explicit operator precedence
rationale for default left-grouping: Simple infix expressions and equations
scope modification with "bi'e": Simple infix expressions and equations
specifying by parenthesis: Simple infix expressions and equations
operator precedence in other languages: Simple infix expressions and equations
operators
analogue of tanru in: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
connecting: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
list of simple: Complete table of VUhU cmavo, with operand structures
operators of VUhU
grammar of operands: Simple infix expressions and equations
opinion: Evidentials
opposite-of-minus: Miscellany
or
English "and/or" contrasted with "either … or … but not both": Logical connection and truth tables
order of variables
in moving to prenex: Variables with generalized quantifiers
ordered sequence
by listing members: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with mass: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with set: Non-logical connectives
ordinal selbri
definition: Special mekso selbri
place structure: Special mekso selbri
place structure effect from subjective numbers: Special mekso selbri
ordinal tense: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
orthography
non-standard: Oddball Orthographies
relation to pronunciation: Orthography
outer product: Vectors and matrices
outer quantifier
contrasted with inner quantifier: Quantified descriptions
definition: Quantified descriptions
effect of on meaning: Quantified descriptions
implicit on descriptors: Quantified descriptions
in indefinite description: Indefinite descriptions
outer quantifiers
for expressing subsets: Quantified descriptions
rationale for differences in implicit quantifier on descriptors: Quantified descriptions
outer sumti
prenex for referring to from within relative clause within relative clause: Relative clauses within relative clauses
referring to from within relative clause within relative clause: Relative clauses within relative clauses
owe money: Multiple compound bridi

P

paragraph separation
spoken text: Paragraphs: NIhO
written text: Paragraphs: NIhO
paragraphs
effects on scope: Paragraphs: NIhO
separator: Paragraphs: NIhO
parasitic worms
example: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
parentheses
for complex mekso used as quantifier: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
parenthesis
mathematical: Simple infix expressions and equations
partial quotation: Miscellaneous indicators
parts of speech: Introductory
passive voice: Varying the order of sumti
past event
possible extension into present: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
pastward
as a spatial tense: Dimensionality: VIhA
paternal grandmother
example: lujvo
pausative event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
pause
and cmevla: Rules for inserting pauses
and consonant-final words: Rules for inserting pauses
and Cy-form cmavo: Rules for inserting pauses
and final-syllable stress: Rules for inserting pauses
and non-Lojban text: Rules for inserting pauses
and vowel-initial words: Rules for inserting pauses
between words: Rules for inserting pauses
contrasted with stop: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
contrasted with syllable break: The Special Lojban Characters
proscribed within words: Rules for inserting pauses
representation of in Lojban: The Special Lojban Characters
requirement between stressed syllables: cmavo
symbol for: The universal bu
word for: The universal bu
pauses
before vowels: cmavo
rules for: Rules for inserting pauses
peace symbol: Computerized character codes
percent
as numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
perils of omitting terminators: Scalar negation of selbri
period
definition of: The Special Lojban Characters
example of: The Special Lojban Characters
optional: The Special Lojban Characters
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
within a word: The Special Lojban Characters
Persian rug: rafsi
person's arm: Relative phrases
personal pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
implicit cancellation of by change of speaker/listener: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
implicit quantifier for: Pro-sumti summary
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
personal pronouns
with ko'a-series for he/she/it/they: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
with mi-series for I/you: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
personal pronouns for he/she/it/they
English contrasted with Lojban in organization: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
Pete: cmevla
Pheidippides: Types of event abstractions
phonetic alphabet: Basic Phonetics
Phonetic Alphabet
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
physical distress
example: Emotional categories
piano-moving: Individuals and masses
pictures
credits for: Acknowledgements and Credits
pinyin
as a basis for Chinese characters in Lojban lerfu words: What about Chinese characters?
piro
explanation of meaning: Quantified descriptions
pisu'o
explanation of meaning: Quantified descriptions
place of eating: Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
place structure
adding new places to with modal sumti: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
definition: Introductory
definition of: The concept of the bridi
effect of FA on: Tagging places: FA
effect of modal conversion on: Modal conversion: JAI
empty slots in: Introductory
explicitly mapping sumti to place with FA: Tagging places: FA
gismu: Notes on gismu place structures
instability of: Introductory
leaving a sumti place unspecified in with zo'e: Standard bridi form: cu
notation conventions: Introductory
re-ordering by conversion: Conversion of simple selbri
place structure and tanru inversion: Inversion of tanru: co
place structure of selbri
determining: Introductory
place structure order
effect of FA on: Tagging places: FA
place structure questions: Tagging places: FA
place structures
omitting places with FA: Tagging places: FA
omitting places with zo'e: Standard bridi form: cu
plant grows: Modal sentence connection: the causals , Modal sentence connection: the causals , Modal sentence connection: the causals , Modal sentence connection: the causals , Modal sentence connection: the causals , Modal negation
plants
use of fu'ivla for specific: fu'ivla
plausibility
in abbreviated lujvo: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
playgrounds: Dependent places
pleases: The sumti di'u and la'e di'u
plural
Lojban equivalent of: Approximation and inexact numbers
plural masses
possible use for: Quantified descriptions
plurals
Lojban contrasted with English in necessity of marking: The three basic description types
plurals with le
meaning of: Individuals and masses
point
event considered as: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
point-event abstraction
place structure: Types of event abstractions
point-event abstractions
definition: Types of event abstractions
related tense contours: Event-type abstractors and event contour tenses
point-event abstractor: Types of event abstractions
pointing
reference by: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
pointing cmavo
quick-tour version: Words that can act as sumti
police lineup: Number questions
Polish notation
and mekso goals: Introductory
Polish notation mixed with infix: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
example: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
politeness
thank you and you're welcome: Vocative scales
you're welcome: Vocative scales , Vocative scales
portion
on set contrasted with on individual: Quantified descriptions
portion selbri
definition: Special mekso selbri
place structure: Special mekso selbri
place structure effect from subjective numbers: Special mekso selbri
positive numbers
explicit expression: Signs and numerical punctuation
positive sign
contrasted with addition operator: Simple infix expressions and equations
possessed in relative phrases
compared with possessor: Relative phrases
possession
expressing with "po": Relative phrases
intrinsic
expressing with po'e: Relative phrases
Lojban usage compared with French and German in omission/inclusion: Relative phrases
Lojban usage contrasted with English in omission/inclusion: Relative phrases
quick-tour version: Possession
possession not ownership
quick-tour version: Possession
possessive sumti
compared with relative phrase: Possessive sumti
contrasted with relative phrases in complexity allowed: Possessive sumti
definition: Possessive sumti
effect on elidability of ku: Possessive sumti
relative clauses on: Possessive sumti
syntax allowed: Possessive sumti
with relative clauses on possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
possessive sumti and relative clauses
development history: Possessive sumti
possessive sumti with relative clauses
effect of placement: Possessive sumti
possessor in relative phrases
compared with possessed: Relative phrases
possessor sumti
definition: Possessive sumti
potential
expressing in past/future: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
potential events
expressing implicitly: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
prayer: Ordering lujvo places. , Ordering lujvo places. , Ordering lujvo places.
precedence
mathematical default: Simple infix expressions and equations
precise erasures: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
predicate answers: Questions and answers
predication
as a relationship: The concept of the bridi
compared with bridi: The concept of the bridi
Preem Palver: Other kinds of simple selbri
pregnant sister: Discursives , Discursives
prenex
considerations for dropping: Dropping the prenex
dropping for terseness: Dropping the prenex
effect of order of variables in: Dropping the prenex
explanation: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
internal to a bridi: The problem of “any”
purpose of: Dropping the prenex
removing when numeric quantifiers present: Variables with generalized quantifiers
syntax of: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
use for outer sumti reference: Relative clauses within relative clauses
prenex manipulation
exporting "na" from left of prenex: bridi negation and logical connectives
importing "na" from selbri: bridi negation and logical connectives
moving "naku" past bound variable: bridi negation and logical connectives
rules: bridi negation and logical connectives
prenex scope
for sentences joined by ".i": A few notes on variables
for sentences joined by ijeks: A few notes on variables
in abstractions: A few notes on variables
in embedded bridi: A few notes on variables
in relative clauses: A few notes on variables
informal: A few notes on variables
prepositions
cmavo as Lojban equivalents: cmavo
pretty
English ambiguity of: Complex tanru grouping
pretty little girls' school
forty ways: “Pretty little girls' school” : forty ways to say it
previous topic: Paragraphs: NIhO
pride of lions: Using Lojban resources within mekso
primitive roots
gismu as: brivla
principle of consistency
of logical-if statements: Logical connection of bridi
pro-bridi
as abbreviation for bridi: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
broda-series: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
compared to pro-sumti as means of abbreviation: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
overriding sumti of antecedent bridi for: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
scope effect of new paragraph: Paragraphs: NIhO
pro-bridi assignment
"no'i" effect on: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
explicit cancellation of with "da'o": Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
pro-bridi rafsi
as producing context-dependent meanings: lujvo based on pro-sumti
pro-sumti
and discursive utterances: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
as possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
classes of: Pro-sumti summary
compared to pro-bridi as means of abbreviation: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
compared to pronouns in usage as abbreviations: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
contrasted with description: The five kinds of simple sumti
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
di'u-series: Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
for listener(s): Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
for listeners and/or speakers and/or others: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
for relativized sumti in relative clauses: Relativized pro-sumti: ke'a
for speaker(s): Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
implicit quantifier for: Pro-sumti summary
ko'a-series: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
lerfu as: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
lerfu string
effect on reference to lerfu itself: References to lerfu
lerfu strings
interaction with quantifiers and boi: lerfu words as pro-sumti
mi-series: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
quick-tour version: Words that can act as sumti
rafsi for: lujvo based on pro-sumti
referring to place of different bridi with go'i-series: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
referring to place of same bridi with vo'a-series: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
scope effect of new paragraph: Paragraphs: NIhO
series: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
ti-series: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
typical: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
unspecified: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
vo'a-series: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
pro-sumti assignment
"no'i" effect on: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
explicit cancellation of with "da'o": Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
pro-sumti for "we"
contrasted with English "we": Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
pro-sumti for speaker/listener/others
as masses: Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
relation to "joi": Personal pro-sumti: the mi-series
pro-sumti for utterances: Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
pro-sumti rafsi
anticipated use of for abbreviating inconvenient forms: lujvo based on pro-sumti
effect of on place structure of lujvo: lujvo based on pro-sumti
probability .5: Special mekso selbri
probability selbri
definition: Special mekso selbri
place structure: Special mekso selbri
place structure effect from subjective numbers: Special mekso selbri
values: Special mekso selbri
process abstraction
place structure: Types of event abstractions
process abstractions
definition: Types of event abstractions
related tense contours: Event-type abstractors and event contour tenses
process abstractor: Types of event abstractions
process event
described: Types of event abstractions
pronouncement: Evidentials
pronouns
as anaphora: Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
compared to pro-sumti in usage as abbreviations: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
pronouns in English
as independent of abbreviations: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
as noun abbreviations: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
pronunciation
IPA for Lojban: Basic Phonetics
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
relation to orthography: Orthography
standard: Basic Phonetics
properties
place structure: Property abstractions
property abstraction
specifying sumti place of property with "ce'u": Abstraction focus pro-sumti: ce'u
property abstractions
specifying determining place by sumti ellipsis: Property abstractions
specifying determining place with "ce'u": Property abstractions
sumti ellipsis in: Property abstractions
use of multiple "ce'u" for relationship abstraction: Property abstractions
property of loving: Property abstractions
proposed law: Eliding SE rafsi from seltau
proposed lerfu words
as working basis: Proposed lerfu words – introduction
propositional
of attitudinals: Propositional attitude indicators
propositional attitudes: Predication/sentence abstraction
compared with knowledge discursives: Discursives
protocol
computer communications using COI: Vocative scales
parliamentary using COI: Vocative scales
using vocatives: Vocative scales
punctuation
in numbers: Signs and numerical punctuation
list of numerical: Complete table of PA cmavo: digits, punctuation, and other numbers.
punctuation lerfu words
interaction with different alphabet systems: Punctuation marks
mechanism for creating: Punctuation marks
rationale for "lau": Punctuation marks
punctuation marks
cmavo as Lojban equivalents: cmavo

Q

quack: Alien alphabets
quadratic formula: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
qualified sumti
contrasted with unqualified sumti: sumti qualifiers
quantification
before description sumti compared with before non-description sumti: Quantified descriptions
quantificational pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
implicit quantification rules: Pro-sumti summary
quantified space: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
quantified sumti
different types contrasted for scope for distribution: Grouping of quantifiers
quantified temporal tense
definition: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
negating with "nai": Interval properties: TAhE and roi
quantified temporal tense with direction
Lojban contrasted with English in implications: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
quantified temporal tenses
"once" contrasted with "only once": Interval properties: TAhE and roi
caveat on implication of: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
quantified tenses
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
quantifier
lerfu string as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
on previously quantified variable: A few notes on variables
quantifier scope
in multiple connected sentences: bridi negation and logical connectives
quantifiers
effect of moving "naku": Using naku outside a prenex
with logical variables: Variables with generalized quantifiers
with sumti: Quantified sumti
quark: fu'ivla
question pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
implicit quantifier for: Pro-sumti summary
questions
answering with "go'i": Anaphoric pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ri-series and the go'i-series
connection: Truth questions and connective questions
digit: Number questions
fill-in-the-blank: Questions and answers
marking in advance: Miscellaneous indicators
multiple: Questions and answers
number: Number questions , Questions and answers
operator: Other uses of mekso
place structure position: Tagging places: FA
quick-tour version: Questions , Questions
rhetorical: Miscellaneous indicators
selbri: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo , Questions and answers
sumti: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo , Questions and answers
truth: Questions and answers
with "xu": Miscellaneous indicators
quick runner: Simple tanru
quotation
contrasted with "me'o" for representing lerfu: References to lerfu
contrasted with sentence abstraction: Predication/sentence abstraction
four kinds: Quotation summary
implicit quantifier for: Quotation summary
quotations
as possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
implicit quantifier for: Quantified sumti

R

r-hyphen
contrasted with n-hyphen in requirements for use: rafsi
use of: lujvo , rafsi
radio communication
proposed lerfu words for: Proposed lerfu words for radio communication
radix
decimal (see also base): Non-decimal and compound bases
rafsi
as fu'ivla categorizer: fu'ivla
based on pro-sumti: lujvo based on pro-sumti
considerations restricting construction of: rafsi
contrasted with cmavo in usage: rafsi
contrasted with same-form cmavo in meaning: lujvo
contrasted with words: rafsi
conventional meaning for "cu'o": Miscellany
conventional meaning for "frinu": Miscellany
definition: lujvo
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
forms of: rafsi
four-letter
requirement for y-hyphen: rafsi
lack of
effect on forming lujvo: rafsi
level of uniqueness of relation to gismu: rafsi
long: rafsi
multiple for each gismu: Considerations for making lujvo
multiplicity of for single gismu: rafsi
possible forms for construction of: rafsi
rationale for assignments of: rafsi
rules for combining to form lujvo: lujvo
selection considerations in making lujvo: rafsi
short: rafsi
uniqueness in gismu referent of: rafsi
use of: rafsi
rafsi assignments
non-reassignability of: rafsi
rafsi for numbers: rafsi
rafsi form
effect of choice on meaning of lujvo: lujvo
rafsi fu'ivla: Cultural and other non-algorithmic gismu
rafsi space: rafsi
Ralph: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
rat eats cheese: Interval properties: TAhE and roi , Tenses as sumtcita , Tenses as sumtcita , Tenses as sumtcita
rat eats cheese in park: Conversion of sumtcita: JAI , Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
rats are brown: Masses and sets
rats in park: Special mekso selbri
re-ordering logical variables with "se": Dropping the prenex
real world
contrasted with hypothetical world
example: Discursives
real world point of view: Discursives
Received Pronunciation: IPA For English Speakers
reciprocal
expression of mathematical: Signs and numerical punctuation
reciprocal pro-sumti: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
reciprocity
expressing with "soi": Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
expressing with vo'a-series pro-sumti and "soi": Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
recital rooms: Dependent places
Red Pony: sumti qualifiers , sumti qualifiers
red pony: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o , Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
redundancy
effect on vocative design: Vocative scales
reference
ambiguity of "ti"/"ta"/"tu": What are you pointing at?
and discursive utterances: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
quick-tour version: The sumti di'u and la'e di'u
to relativized sumti with "ke'a": What are you pointing at?
use of relative clause for: What are you pointing at?
reference frame
specifying for direction tenses: Movement in space: MOhI
reference frame for directions in tenses: Movement in space: MOhI
reference grammar: What is this book?
referent
of operand: Miscellany
referring to with "la'e": sumti qualifiers
referent of pro-bridi
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
referent of pro-sumti
definition: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
reflexive pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary , Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
regularly: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
relation of first places in logical connection of observatives
rationale: Compound bridi
relationship
active/static/attributive compared: The concept of the bridi
as basis of sentence: Introductory
objects of: Introductory
relationship abstraction: Property abstractions
relative clause
compared with tanru: Incidental relative clauses
connecting to relative phrase with "zi'e": Multiple relative clauses: zi'e
contrasted with tanru: Incidental relative clauses
effect of omission of ke'a on : What are you pointing at?
restrictive (see also restrictive relative clause): Incidental relative clauses
use for reference: What are you pointing at?
relative clause scope
extending to preceding sumti with "vu'o": Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o , Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
relative clauses
as part of name: Relative clauses and descriptors
effect of commas in English: Incidental relative clauses
effect on elidability of "be'o": Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
impact of indefinite sumti on placement: Relative clauses and descriptors
impact of la on placement: Relative clauses and descriptors
impact of LAhE on placement: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
impact of NAhE on placement: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
kinds of: Incidental relative clauses
list of cmavo for: Index of relative clause cmavo
on connected sumti: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
on names: Relative clauses and descriptors
on number: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
on possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
on quotation: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
on vocative phrases: Relative clauses in vocative phrases
placement with vocative phrases: Relative clauses in vocative phrases
relative clauses within: Relative clauses within relative clauses
restricted contrasted with incidental: Incidental relative clauses
restricted contrasted with incidental in English expression: Incidental relative clauses
syntax with indefinite sumti: Relative clauses and descriptors
use in restricting existential claims: Restricted claims: da poi
use in restricting universal claims: Restricted claims: da poi
use of "ke'a" for referral to relativized sumti in: Relativized pro-sumti: ke'a
relative clauses and indefinite sumti
placement considerations: Relative clauses and descriptors
relative clauses and LAhE
placement considerations: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
relative clauses and NAhE
placement considerations: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
relative clauses and names
placement considerations: Relative clauses and descriptors
relative clauses and possessive sumti
development history: Possessive sumti
relative clauses on "lo"
syntax suggestion: Relative clauses and descriptors
relative clauses on complex sumti
Lojban contrasted with English: Relative clauses and complex sumti: vu'o
relative clauses on indefinite sumti
syntax considerations: Relative clauses and descriptors
relative clauses with possessive sumti
effect of placement: Possessive sumti
relative phrase
as an abbreviation of a common relative clause: Relative phrases
compared with possessive sumti: Possessive sumti
connecting to relative clause with "zi'e": Multiple relative clauses: zi'e
rationale for: Relative phrases
syntax of: Relative phrases
relative phrases
contrasted with possessive sumti in complexity allowed: Possessive sumti
contrasted with relative clauses in preciseness: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
improving preciseness with modals: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
relative phrases with modals
compared to relative clauses in preciseness: Modal relative phrases; Comparison
relative pro-sumti: Pro-sumti summary
relativity theory
relation to Lojban tense system: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
relativized sumti
definition: What are you pointing at?
in relative clauses within relative clauses: Relative clauses within relative clauses
remembered
example: Evidentials
repeating decimals
expressing with numerical punctuation: Signs and numerical punctuation
marking start of repeating portion: Signs and numerical punctuation
representing lerfu
"lu" contrasted with "me'o": References to lerfu
respectively: Non-logical connectives
specifying with "fa'u": Non-logical connectives
with different relationships: More about non-logical connectives
restricted claims
definition: Restricted claims: da poi
restricted variable
compared with indefinite description: Variables with generalized quantifiers
restrictive relative clause
definition: Incidental relative clauses
resume
contrasted with begin: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
resumptive event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
retrospective event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
revelation
example: Evidentials
reverse Polish notation
and mekso goals: Introductory
definition: Reverse Polish notation
marker: Reverse Polish notation
number of operands: Reverse Polish notation
operands of: Reverse Polish notation
parentheses in operands of: Reverse Polish notation
terminator: Reverse Polish notation
use of parentheses in: Reverse Polish notation
with too few operands: Reverse Polish notation
with too many operands: Reverse Polish notation
reviewers of this book: Acknowledgements and Credits
rhetorical question: Miscellaneous indicators
rich and German: More about non-logical connectives , More about non-logical connectives
right-grouping in tanru
with "bo": Complex tanru grouping
right-grouping rule
definition of: Complex tanru grouping
righteous indignation
example: Attitudinal modifiers
rock face: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
roger
example: Vocative scales
romaji
as a basis for kanji characters in Lojban lerfu words: What about Chinese characters?
Roman Empire: Types of event abstractions , Types of event abstractions
room which he built: Relative clauses within relative clauses , Relative clauses within relative clauses
rounded down: Approximation and inexact numbers
rounded numbers
expressing: Approximation and inexact numbers
rounded up: Approximation and inexact numbers
rounded/unrounded vowels: Basic Phonetics
RP
as abbreviation for reverse Polish notation: Reverse Polish notation
rug
Persian: rafsi
runner shoe: tanru

S

said John: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI , Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI , Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI , Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
salad ingredients: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
Sapir-Whorf effects
and emotional indicators: Tentative conclusion
sarcasm
example: Discursives
expressing: Discursives
scalar attitude: Attitudes as scales
scalar negation
effect on selbri: Scalar negation of selbri
scalar negation of modals
explanation of meaning: Modal negation
scalar negation of non-logical connective: More about non-logical connectives
scale
granular contrasted with continuous: Special mekso selbri
scale of redness: Special mekso selbri
scale selbri
definition: Special mekso selbri
place structure: Special mekso selbri
place structure effect from subjective numbers: Special mekso selbri
school building: Dependent places
schooner: Lojban content words: brivla
scientific names
rules for: cmevla
scientific notation
rationale for order of places: Infix operators revisited
with "gei": Infix operators revisited
score
as 20-year span: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
as alternate base for years: Four score and seven: a mekso problem
seconds
example of timestamp: Non-decimal and compound bases
section numbering: Other uses of mekso
see with eye: Modal selbri
see with left eye: Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
selbri
as part of description: The three basic description types
brivla as: Lojban content words: brivla
converting into an operand: Using Lojban resources within mekso
converting into an operator: Using Lojban resources within mekso
converting operator into: Other uses of mekso
definition: Lojban content words: brivla , Introductory
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
lerfu string as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
omitting with "co'e": Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
place structure of: Introductory
place structure of converted operator: Other uses of mekso
relation to bridi: Lojban content words: brivla
scalar negation of: Scalar negation of selbri
with GOhA: Other kinds of simple selbri
selbri from sumti: selbri based on sumti: me
selbri list for quick tour: Some words used to indicate selbri relations
selbri logical variables: selbri variables
selbri place structure
effect on operator formed by: Using Lojban resources within mekso
selbri placement among sumti
effect of multiple quantification on: Using naku outside a prenex
selbri questions
quick-tour version: Questions
selbri variables
form when not in prenex: selbri variables
prenex form as indefinite description: selbri variables
quantified: selbri variables
selbri-first bridi
effect on sumti places: Standard bridi form: cu
effect on use of cu: Tagging places: FA
specifying first sumti place in with fa: Tagging places: FA
self-orientation
example: Attitudinal modifiers
selma'o
cross-reference list of
selma'o catalog: A Catalogue Of selma'o
definition: cmavo
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
seltau
compared with English adjective: lujvo
compared with English adverb: lujvo
definition: Inversion of tanru: co
definition of: Simple tanru
effect on meaning of tanru: Simple tanru
filling sumti places in: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
seltcita sumti
definition (see also modal sumti): Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
sentence
basic Lojban: Introductory
sentences
close grouping: Sentences: I
connecting non-logically: More about non-logical connectives
connecting with tense: Tense relations between sentences
forethought tense connection of: Tense relations between sentences
separator for joining: Sentences: I
tenseless
quick-tour version: Tenses
separate questions
quick-tour version: Questions
separately tensed sentences
contrasted with tense connected sentences: Tense relations between sentences
sequence
as an abstract list: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with list: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with set: sumti qualifiers
sequence of events
expressing non-time-related sequences: More about non-logical connectives
sequence of tense rules
Lojban contrasted with English: Tenses in subordinate bridi
set
as specified by members: Non-logical connectives
by listing members with "ce": Non-logical connectives
compared with mass as abstract of multiple individuals: Masses and sets
contrasted with mass in attribution of component properties: Masses and sets
contrasted with mass in distribution of properties: Non-logical connectives
contrasted with ordered sequence: Non-logical connectives
expressing measurement standard for indefinites: Special mekso selbri
expressing relation with individuals forming set: Special mekso selbri
expressing relation with mass formed from set: Special mekso selbri
set of all rats: Special mekso selbri
set of rats: sumti qualifiers , sumti qualifiers , sumti qualifiers
set operations: More about non-logical connectives
sets
properties of: Masses and sets
rule for implicit outer quantifier: Quantified descriptions
use in Lojban place structure: Masses and sets
sexual discomfort
example: Emotional categories
sexual teacher
male
example: lujvo-making examples
shared bridi-tail sumti
avoiding: Other modal connections
shell worm: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
shellfish: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo , Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
Sherman tank: rafsi
shift
single-letter
grammar of: Upper and lower cases
shift word
for single letter: Upper and lower cases
scope: Upper and lower cases
shift words
canceling effect: Alien alphabets
for face: Alien alphabets
for font: Alien alphabets
ship sank: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours
shoehorn: Dependent places
shook stick: What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for? , What are pro-sumti and pro-bridi? What are they for?
short rafsi: rafsi
short rafsi form
compared with long form in effect on lujvo meaning: lujvo
signed numbers
expressing: Signs and numerical punctuation
signs on numbers
grammar: Signs and numerical punctuation
Simon says: Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
simple sumti: The five kinds of simple sumti
simultaneously: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
sinful
example: Attitudinal modifiers
single consonants
contrasted with consonant clusters: Consonant Clusters
contrasted with doubled consonants: Consonant Clusters
single-letter shift
as toggle: Upper and lower cases
single-word quotation: Quotation summary
singular me: Special mekso selbri
sister pregnant: Discursives , Discursives
six-shooter: Sub-events
size
order with dimensionality in spatial tense intervals: Dimensionality: VIhA
slinku'i test
definition: fu'ivla
slowdown: Types of event abstractions
smiley face
example: The universal bu
word for: The universal bu
sneak in: Eliding KE and KEhE rafsi from lujvo
snow falls: Tenses as sumtcita
snowball's chance: Special mekso selbri
social butterfly: tanru
Socrates: Modal sentence connection: the causals
some do not go to school: Using naku outside a prenex
some relationship: selbri variables
somebody
contrasted with somebody else: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
somebody loves self: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
somebody loves somebody: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
somebody's dog: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
something
contrasted with someone: Restricted claims: da poi
expressing using "su'o": Variables with generalized quantifiers
unspecified definite with "zo'e": Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
something is loved by everybody: Negation boundaries
something sees everything: Universal claims
something sees me: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables , Variables with generalized quantifiers
sounds
clarity of: Basic Phonetics
complex: Basic Phonetics
difficult: Basic Phonetics
sounds for letters
Lojban contrasted with English: Basic Phonetics
source languages
use in creating gismu: The gismu creation algorithm
south face: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
sow grain: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
sowed grain: Tense questions: cu'e
space
as time-based metaphor: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
contrasted with time in number of directions: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
space intervals
compared with time intervals in continuity: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
space location
as part of tense system (see also tense
spatial tense): Introductory
space tenses
quick-tour version: Tenses
space/time metaphor
expressing direction mapping for: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
spaghetti: fu'ivla , fu'ivla
Spanish ch
example: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
Spanish ll
example: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
spatial contours
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
contrasted with temporal event contours: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
expressing: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
spatial directions
list of: List of spatial directions and direction-like relations
spatial information
adding to a sentence with tense sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
spatial interval modifiers
order in tense: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
spatial intervals
expressing degree of continuity over: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
spatial tense
4-dimensional interaction with temporal tense: Dimensionality: VIhA
as an imaginary journey: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
as optional in English: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
compared with temporal tense in elidability: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
contrasted with temporal in dimensionality: Dimensionality: VIhA
definition: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
direction: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
distance: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
four-dimensional: Dimensionality: VIhA
linear: Dimensionality: VIhA
one-dimensional: Dimensionality: VIhA
order relative to temporal: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
planar: Dimensionality: VIhA
reference frame: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
referent of: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
three-dimensional: Dimensionality: VIhA
two-dimensional: Dimensionality: VIhA
spatial tense intervals
order of size and dimensionality in: Dimensionality: VIhA
order of VEhA and VIhA in: Dimensionality: VIhA
spatial tenses
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
order of direction and distance specifications: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
speaker's state of knowledge: Discursives
speaker-listener cooperation: Questions
speaker-relative viewpoint
contrasted with event-relative viewpoint: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
specific descriptions: The three basic description types
specific terms
use of fu'ivla for: fu'ivla
specificity
expressing with "po": Relative phrases
speech rhythm
for grouping in English: Three-part tanru grouping with bo
spelling out words
Lojban contrasted with English in usefulness: A to Z in Lojban, plus one
spiritual discomfort
example: Emotional categories
SQL: Acronyms
square brackets
use of in notation: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
standard bridi form
definition: Standard bridi form: cu
standard for subjective numbers
specifying: Special mekso selbri
standard pronunciation: Basic Phonetics
starting marker: Erasure: SI, SA, SU
state abstraction
place structure: Types of event abstractions
state abstractions
definition: Types of event abstractions
related tense contours: Event-type abstractors and event contour tenses
state abstractor: Types of event abstractions
state event
described: Types of event abstractions
steady speed: Types of event abstractions
stereotypical
as not derogatory in Lojban: Descriptors for typical objects
compared with typical: Descriptors for typical objects
stereotypical objects: Descriptors for typical objects
Steven Mark Jones: lerfu words as pro-sumti
sticky modals
'fi'o' proscribed from: Sticky modals
canceling: Sticky modals
definition: Sticky modals
sticky tenses
and CAhA: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
canceling: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
definition: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
effect of nau on: Tenses in subordinate bridi
effect on future tense meaning: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
from part of a multiple tense: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
stop
contrasted with finish: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
contrasted with pause: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
stories
flow of time in: Story time
story tense
Lojban convention contrasted with English convention: Story time
story time
as a convention for inferring tense: Story time
definition: Story time
rationale for: Story time
tenseless sentences in: Story time
with no initial sticky time: Story time
stress
definition of: Syllabication And Stress
effect of buffer vowel on: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
effect of syllabic consonants on: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
example: Emotional categories
final syllable
rules for pause after: Rules for inserting pauses
irregular marked with upper-case: Upper and lower cases
levels of: Syllabication And Stress
on cmavo: cmavo
primary: Syllabication And Stress
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
rules for: Syllabication And Stress
secondary: Syllabication And Stress
showing non-standard: Orthography
stressed syllable
compared with stressed vowel: Syllabication And Stress
stressed vowel
compared with stressed syllable: Syllabication And Stress
stroke cat then rabbit: Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives , Tensed logical connectives
structure of examples: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
structure of this book: What is this book?
structure words: cmavo
sub-subscripts: Subscripts
subjective amounts
expressing: Indefinite numbers
subjective numbers
effect on place structure for cardinal selbri: Special mekso selbri
effect on place structure for ordinal selbri: Special mekso selbri
effect on place structure for portion selbri: Special mekso selbri
effect on place structure for probability selbri: Special mekso selbri
effect on place structure for scale selbri: Special mekso selbri
rationale for effect on place structure: Special mekso selbri
specifying standard for: Special mekso selbri
subjective portions
expressing: Indefinite numbers
subordinate clause tense
effect of main bridi tense on: Tenses in subordinate bridi
Lojban compared with Esperanto: Tenses in subordinate bridi
Lojban compared with Russian: Tenses in subordinate bridi
Lojban contrasted with English: Tenses in subordinate bridi
subordinate clauses
tense usage rules in English: Tenses in subordinate bridi
subscripted topics: Paragraphs: NIhO
subscripting: Subscripts: XI
subscripts
and fuzzy truths: Subscripts: XI
and names: Subscripts: XI
and paragraph separators: Subscripts: XI
and pro-sumti: Subscripts: XI
and sumti re-ordering: Subscripts: XI
and tense: Subscripts: XI
before main expression: Subscripts
effects on elidability of terminators: Subscripts
external grammar of: Subscripts
for sticky tense: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
internal grammar of: Subscripts
lerfu string as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
mathematical: Subscripts: XI
multiple as sub-subscript: Subscripts
multiple for same base word: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
on "ke'a" for nested relative clauses: Relativized pro-sumti: ke'a
terminator for: Subscripts
to form matrices of more than 2 dimensions: Vectors and matrices
use with "ke'a" for outer sumti reference: Relative clauses within relative clauses
use with logical variables: A few notes on variables
subscripts on lerfu words
effect on elidability of "boi": Subscripts
subsets
expressing with outer quantifiers: Quantified descriptions
subtraction operator
contrasted with negative sign: Special numbers
subtypes of words: brivla
sumtcita
based on event contours: Tenses as sumtcita
based on spatial contours: Tenses as sumtcita
based on tense direction: Tenses as sumtcita
based on tense distance: Tenses as sumtcita
based on tenses: Tenses as sumtcita
definition (see also modal tag): Modal places: FIhO, FEhU
event contours contrasted with direction/distance as basis for: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita and linked sumti: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
sumtcita and modal tags: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
sumtcita and tense tags: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
sumtcita based on dimension: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita based on event contours
relation of main bridi to sumti process in: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita based on interval continuousness: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita based on interval properties: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita based on interval size: Tenses as sumtcita
sumtcita based on quantified tenses: Tenses as sumtcita
sumti
as having implicit quantifiers: Quantified sumti
as objects in place structure slots: Introductory
beginning with "ke": Grouping of afterthought connectives
between descriptor and description selbri: Possessive sumti
classified by types of objects referred to: Individuals and masses
converting into an operand: Using Lojban resources within mekso
definition: The five kinds of simple sumti , Introductory
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
descriptions as: The five kinds of simple sumti
dropping trailing unspecified: Standard bridi form: cu
explicitly mapping into place structure with FA: Tagging places: FA
for individual objects: Individuals and masses
for mass objects: Individuals and masses
for set objects: Individuals and masses
forethought tense connection of: Tense relations between sentences
irrelevant to relationship: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
kinds of: The five kinds of simple sumti
multiple in one place with FA: Tagging places: FA
names as: The five kinds of simple sumti
numbers as: The five kinds of simple sumti
omitted first place in selbri-first bridi: Standard bridi form: cu
order in selbri: Standard bridi form: cu
order in selbri-first bridi: Standard bridi form: cu
pro-sumti as: The five kinds of simple sumti
quotations as: The five kinds of simple sumti
re-ordering with FA: Tagging places: FA
relation with bridi: The concept of the bridi
sumti connection
afterthought: sumti connection
forethought: sumti connection
sumti in one place
multiple ones: Tagging places: FA
sumti into selbri: selbri based on sumti: me
sumti logical connection: sumti connection
compared with bridi logical connections: sumti connection
contrasted with tanru logical connection: Logical connection within tanru
rationale for: sumti connection
sumti modal connection: Other modal connections
sumti placement
variant
quick-tour version: Variant bridi structure
sumti qualifiers
as short forms for common special cases: sumti qualifiers
elidable terminator for qualified sumti: sumti qualifiers
external syntax of: sumti qualifiers
for negation: sumti qualifiers
internal syntax of: sumti qualifiers
list of: sumti qualifiers
sumti questions
quick-tour version: Questions
sumti reordering
quick-tour version: Varying the order of sumti
sumti with "lo"
compared to indefinite sumti: Grouping of quantifiers
sumti with tense
effect of main bridi tense on: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
sumti with tenses
quick-tour version: Tenses
sumti-based description
definition: sumti-based descriptions
inner quantifier on: sumti-based descriptions
outer quantifier on: sumti-based descriptions
sumti-based descriptions with le
as increasing restricting to in-mind: sumti-based descriptions
Sun
the: cmevla
sunburn
example: Property abstractions
superfective event contour: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
superscripts: Subscripts
supervising
as a contribution to mass action: Non-logical connectives
supper: rafsi
supplementary information: Dependent places
Susan: Parenthesis and metalinguistic commentary: TO, TOI, SEI
sword blade: lujvo with more than two parts.
syllabaries
lerfu word representation: What about Chinese characters?
syllabic consonant
effect on stress determination: cmevla
syllabic consonants: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
effect on stress: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
final in word: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
syllabic l
considered as a consonant for morphological discussions: Introductory
syllabic m
as a consonant for morphological discussions: Introductory
syllabic n
as a consonant for morphological discussions: Introductory
syllabic pronunciations of consonants
in fu'ivla: fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla
in fu'ivla category attachment: fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla , fu'ivla
syllabic r
as a consonant for morphological discussions: Introductory
syllabication
and names: Syllabication And Stress
definition of: Syllabication And Stress
examples of: Syllabication And Stress
rules for: Syllabication And Stress
variants of: Syllabication And Stress
syllable break
contrasted with pause: The Special Lojban Characters
representation in Lojban: The Special Lojban Characters
symbol for: The universal bu
word for: The universal bu
symbol
for operand: Miscellany
referring to with "lu'e": sumti qualifiers
symmetrical tanru: Some types of symmetrical tanru
symmetrical tanru types
both separately true: Some types of symmetrical tanru
one or other true: Some types of symmetrical tanru
using crucial/typical parts: Some types of symmetrical tanru
using more inclusive class: Some types of symmetrical tanru
symmetrical veljvo: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
sympathy
example: Attitude questions; empathy; attitude contours

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tables
format of: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
tagged sumti termsets
connecting with non-logical forethought connectives: More about non-logical connectives
tail-terms
definition: Compound bridi
Take care!: Vocatives and commands
Talk!: Vocatives and commands
talker: tanru
taller: The concept of the bridi
tan(pi/2) = infinity: Using Lojban resources within mekso
tank
Sherman: rafsi
tanru
ambiguity in: lujvo
ambiguity of: lujvo , Simple tanru
and abstractions: The syntax of abstraction
and conversion
quick-tour version: tanru
and creativity: lujvo
as ambiguous: Simple tanru
asymmetrical: Some types of asymmetrical tanru
combination of: lujvo
containing mathematical expressions: Other kinds of simple selbri
default left-grouping of: Three-part tanru grouping with bo
definition: Simple tanru
quick-tour version: Lojban grammatical terms
expanding: Discursives
explanation of: lujvo
explicating: Discursives
explicitly defining: Discursives
expression of: lujvo
meaning of: Simple tanru
place structure of: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
quick-tour version: tanru
place structures of: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o , Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
possible meanings of: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
primary meaning of: Simple tanru
purpose: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
quick-tour version: tanru
reducing logically connected sumti to
caveat: Logical connection within tanru
simple: Simple tanru
to lujvo: lujvo
with GOhA: Other kinds of simple selbri
tanru and conversion: Conversion of simple selbri
tanru connection
connotation of non-logical: Non-logical connectives
tanru connection grouping
guheks unmarked tanru: Logical connection within tanru
tanru conversion
effect on place structure
quick-tour version: tanru
tanru default grouping
quick-tour version: tanru
tanru grouping
complex: Complex tanru grouping
effect of jeks: Logical connection within tanru
effect of tanru inversion on: Inversion of tanru: co
guheks compared with jeks: Logical connection within tanru
three-part: Three-part tanru grouping with bo
with "bo": Complex tanru grouping
with "ke": Complex tanru with ke and ke'e
with "ke" and "bo": Complex tanru with ke and ke'e
tanru grouping with JA+BO
effect on tanru grouping: Logical connection within tanru
tanru inversion: Inversion of tanru: co
definition: Inversion of tanru: co
effect on tanru grouping: Inversion of tanru: co
in complex tanru: Inversion of tanru: co
multiple: Inversion of tanru: co
rule for removing: Inversion of tanru: co
where allowed: Inversion of tanru: co
tanru inversion and place structure: Inversion of tanru: co
tanru logical connection
contrasted with sumti logical connection: Logical connection within tanru
tanru nested within tanru: Three-part tanru grouping with bo
technical terms: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
telephone conversation
hello: Vocative scales
television: IPA For English Speakers
template: Minor abstraction types
temporal direction
exception in meaning when following "ze'e": Interval properties: TAhE and roi
temporal information
adding to a sentence with tense sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
temporal tense
as mandatory in English: Introductory
compared with spatial tense in elidability: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
historical definition: Introductory
interaction with 4-dimensional spatial tense: Dimensionality: VIhA
Lojban contrasted with English in necessity: Introductory
order relative to spatial: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
quantified with direction: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
real relationship to time in English: Introductory
temporal tense elision
compared with spatial tense elision in meaning: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
temporal tenses
compared with spatial tenses: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
ten
expressing as number: Lojban numbers
tense
aorist: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
as observer-based: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
as subjective perception: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
connecting sentences in with: Tense relations between sentences
contradictory negation contrasted with scalar negation of: Tense negation
effect of different position in sentence: Introductory
effect of sticky tense on: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
emphasizing by position in sentence: Introductory
explanation of presentation method: Introductory
expressing movement in: Movement in space: MOhI
handling multiple episodes: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
in forethought bridi-tail connection
special rule: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
interval contrasted with point: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
Lojban contrasted with English in implications of completeness: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
Lojban contrasted with English in implying actuality: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
Lojban contrasted with native languages: Introductory
numerical: Other uses of mekso
on embedded bridi: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
order of direction
distance and interval in: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
order of direction specification in: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
order of distance specification in: Spatial tenses: FAhA and VA
order of movement specification in: Movement in space: MOhI
order of spatial interval modifiers in: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
order of temporal and spatial in: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
overriding to speaker's current: Tenses in subordinate bridi
point contrasted with interval: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
position in sentence alternative: Introductory
position of in sentence: Introductory
quantified: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
rationale for relative order of temporal and spatial in: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
relation of interval to point specified by direction and distance: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
relation of point specified by direction and distance to interval: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
relative order with bridi negation: Tenses and bridi negation
scalar negation contrasted with contradictory negation of: Tense negation
scalar negation of with NAhE: Tense negation
scope effect of new paragraph: Paragraphs: NIhO
scope of: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
selbri types applicable to: Introductory
space-time dimension for intervals: Dimensionality: VIhA
speaker's current: Tenses in subordinate bridi
specifying relation of interval to point specified by direction and distance: Interval sizes: VEhA and ZEhA
static contrasted with moving: Movement in space: MOhI
subscripting: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
sumtcita form contrasted with connected sentences: Tense relations between sentences
with "ku": Introductory
with both temporal and spatial: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
tense afterthought connection forms
selma'o allowed: Tense relations between sentences
tense and na
multiple: Tenses and bridi negation
tense as sumtcita
contrasted with tense inside sumti: Tenses as sumtcita
tense cmavo
position relative to selbri: Tenses and bridi negation
tense connected sentences
contrasted with separately tensed sentences: Tense relations between sentences
forethought mode: Tense relations between sentences
importance of bo in: Tense relations between sentences
tense connection
equivalent meanings: Tense relations between sentences
expansions of: Tense relations between sentences
tense connection of bridi-tails
meaning of: Tense relations between sentences
tense connection of sentences
contrasted with sumtcita form: Tense relations between sentences
order of: Tense relations between sentences
tense connection of sumti
meaning of: Tense relations between sentences
tense conversion
accessing original first place with "fai": Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
accessing tense of bridi with "jai": Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
of temporal tenses: Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
use in sumti descriptions: Conversion of sumtcita: JAI
with "jai": Conversion of simple selbri
tense direction
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
contrasted with event contours in implication of extent: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
implications on scope of event: Vague intervals and non-specific tenses
tense direction/distance as sumtcita
contrasted with event contours: Tenses as sumtcita
tense distance
as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
tense forethought connection forms
selma'o allowed: Tense relations between sentences
tense in scope of sticky tense
compared with compound tense: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
tense inside sumti
contrasted with tense as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
tense on main bridi
effect on embedded bridi tenses: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
effect on embedded sumti with tenses: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
tense questions
by using logical connective question: Tense questions: cu'e
methods of asking: Tense questions: cu'e
tense questions with "ma": Tense questions: cu'e
tense sentence connection
table of equivalent schemata: Tenses versus modals
tense specification
effect on "cu": Introductory
effect on elidability of terminators: Introductory
tense system
and space location: Introductory , Introductory
tense tags and sumtcita: Linked sumti: be - bei - be'o
tense with sumtcita
asymmetry of: Tense relations between sentences
tense-or-modal questions
pre-specifying some information: Tense questions: cu'e
with "cu'e": Tense questions: cu'e
tensed connectives
in mathematical expressions: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
tensed logical connection: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
tensed logical connectives: Tensed logical connectives
forethought: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ek…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ek…"ke": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in gihek…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in gihek…"ke": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ijek…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ijek…"tu'e": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ijoik…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in ijoik…"tu'e": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in jek…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in joik…"bo": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
in joik…"ke": Tenses, modals, and logical connection
with "ke"…"ke'e": Tensed logical connectives
with "tu'e"…"tu'u": Tensed logical connectives
tensed logically connected bridi-tails: Tensed logical connectives
with grouping: Tensed logical connectives
tensed logically connected sentences: Tensed logical connectives
with grouping: Tensed logical connectives
tensed logically connected sumti: Tensed logical connectives
with grouping: Tensed logical connectives
tensed non-logical connectives: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
forethought: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
tenseless sentences in story time: Story time
tenses
compared with modals in syntax: Tenses versus modals
connected
with negation: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
contradictory negation of with "nai": Tense negation
contrasted with modals in semantics: Tenses versus modals
forethought connection in: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
forethought logical connections: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
grouping of connectives in: Tenses, modals, and logical connection
importance of 2nd sumti place for sumtcita use: Tenses versus modals
logically connected with JA: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
multiple in sentence: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
multiple in sentence compared with compound tense: Sticky and multiple tenses: KI
negating: Tense negation
non-logical connection of: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
non-logical connection of for sub-events: Sub-events
possible groupings of: Logical and non-logical connections between tenses
quick-tour version: Tenses
use as sumtcita: Tenses as sumtcita
viewpoint of PU contrasted with viewpoint of ZAhO: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u
tenses with elided CAhA
meaning: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
term
definition: Termset logical connection
terminators
eliding "ku" in non-logical connections: Non-logical connectives
termset
effect on scope of multiple indefinite sumti: Grouping of quantifiers
formation: Termset logical connection
termset logical connection
unequal length: Termset logical connection
termset modal connection: Other modal connections
termsets
compared to fa'u: Non-logical connectives
non-logical connection of: More about non-logical connectives
tertau
definition: Inversion of tanru: co
definition of: Simple tanru
effect on meaning of tanru: Simple tanru
text
division numbering with "mai": Other uses of mekso
sub-division numbering with "mai": Other uses of mekso
text quotation
as internally grammatical: Quotation summary
syntax of: Quotation summary
thank you
example: Vocative scales
the
contrasted with English "a/an": Miscellaneous indicators
for talking about numbers themselves: Simple infix expressions and equations
The men are women: The three basic description types
the two of you: sumti-based descriptions , sumti-based descriptions
there is a Y
expression "there is a Y" in English
notation convention: Negation boundaries
thingy: Assignable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the ko'a-series and the broda-series
this
adjective expression with "ti noi": Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
adjective expression with "vi": Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
adjective usage contrasted with pronoun usage: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
as utterance reference in English: Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
pronoun expression with ti: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
pronoun usage contrasted with adjective usage: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
this boat: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series , Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series , Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
this book
author of: Acknowledgements and Credits
contributors to: Acknowledgements and Credits
credits for: Acknowledgements and Credits
examples of: What are the typographical conventions of this book?
goal of: What is this book?
reviewers of: Acknowledgements and Credits
structure of: What is this book?
this/that in English
compared with ti-series pro-sumti: Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
three bears: sumti-based descriptions , sumti-based descriptions , sumti-based descriptions
three cats white
and two big: A few notes on variables
three dogs bite two men: Grouping of quantifiers
Three Kings: selbri based on sumti: me
three of four people: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
three or four people: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
three rats: Special mekso selbri
thus
example: Evidentials
tilde
a diacritical mark: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
time
as part of tense system (see also tense
temporal tense): Introductory
as space-based metaphor: Space interval modifiers: FEhE
contrasted with space in number of directions: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
time tenses
quick-tour version: Tenses
time travel: Movement in space: MOhI
times
explicit expression of: Indefinite numbers
implicit expression of: Indefinite numbers
title
specifying with "tu'e…tu'u": Sentences: I
title of book: sumti qualifiers , sumti qualifiers
to the market from the office: Termset logical connection
to-do list: More about non-logical connectives
Tolkien
and non-standard Lojban orthography: Oddball Orthographies
tomorrow: lujvo with more than two parts.
too
example: Discursives
too long: Event contours: ZAhO and re'u , Tenses as sumtcita
too many rats
example: Special mekso selbri
topic-comment
description: Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU
topic/comment
multiple sentence: Topic-comment sentences: ZOhU
tosmabru test: The lujvo-making algorithm
toward her right: Movement in space: MOhI
toward my right: Movement in space: MOhI
toward right
contrasted with on right: Movement in space: MOhI
transfinite cardinal: Special numbers
transformations with logical connectives
steps: Logical Connectives and DeMorgan's Law
traveling salesperson: Modal tags: BAI
triumph: Types of event abstractions
truncation of number
expressing: Approximation and inexact numbers
truth
in imperative sentences: Truth questions and connective questions
truth functions: Logical connection and truth tables
16 possible: Logical connection and truth tables
commutative: The Four basic vowels
creating all 16 with Lojban's basic set: The Four basic vowels
fundamental 4 in Lojban: The Four basic vowels
relation to logical connectives: The Four basic vowels
table of logical connectives: Truth functions and corresponding logical connectives
truth questions: Miscellaneous indicators
answering in English with "no": Truth questions and connective questions
answering in English with "yes": Truth questions and connective questions
as yes-or-no questions: Truth questions and connective questions
contrasted with connection questions: Truth questions and connective questions
simple: Truth questions and connective questions
truth table
explanation: Logical connection and truth tables
truth tables
abbreviated format: Logical connection and truth tables
for 4 fundamental Lojban truth functions: The Four basic vowels
list of 16 in abbreviated form: Logical connection and truth tables
notation convention: Logical connection and truth tables
truth-value abstractions
place structure: Truth-value abstraction: jei , Predication/sentence abstraction
try the door: Lojban sumti raising
try to go: Inversion of tanru: co
ts-sound in Russian
representation in Lojban: Basic Phonetics
twice today: Tenses as sumtcita
two brothers: Other kinds of simple selbri
two dogs are white: Quantified descriptions
types and subtypes of words: brivla
typical
compared with stereotypical: Descriptors for typical objects
typical Englishman: Descriptors for typical objects
typical Lojban user: Masses and sets
typical objects
and instantiation: Descriptors for typical objects
determining characteristics of: Descriptors for typical objects
typical Smith
example: Descriptors for typical objects
typical sumti: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series
typical value
contrasted with elliptical value for sumti: Indefinite pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the zo'e-series and the co'e-series

U

U
notation convention for logical connectives: The Four basic vowels
ugh: More about non-logical connectives
umlaut
a diacritical mark: Accent marks and compound lerfu words
unabridged dictionary: Contrastive emphasis: BAhE
unconditional signal: No more to say: FAhO
unconnected tanru
contrasted with logically connected version: Logical connection within tanru
undemonstrated potential
expressing: Actuality, potentiality, capability: CAhA
under compulsion: Modal selbri , Modal selbri , Modal selbri , Modal selbri
under conditions: Event abstraction
underscore notation for Quick Tour chapter: The concept of the bridi
unequal termset connection
compared with compound bridi connection with unequal separate bridi-tails: Termset logical connection
unfilled places of inverted tanru: Inversion of tanru: co
Unicode: Computerized character codes
union
of sets: More about non-logical connectives
union of sets
compared with English "or": More about non-logical connectives
units of measurement
expressing: Simple infix expressions and equations
universal
mixed claim with existential: Universal claims
universal claims
dangers of using: Dropping the prenex
explanation: Universal claims
restricting: Restricted claims: da poi , Restricted claims: da poi
unqualified sumti
contrasted with qualified sumti: sumti qualifiers
unreduced fractions
use in granular scales: Special mekso selbri
unreduced lujvo
definition: rafsi
unspecified breed
example: Dependent places
unspecified direction
temporal contrasted with in spatial: Temporal tenses: PU and ZI
unspecified emotion: Compound indicators
unspecified level of emotion: Compound indicators
unspecified route: Standard bridi form: cu
unspecified sumti
non-trailing: Standard bridi form: cu
using zo'e as place-holder for: Standard bridi form: cu
unspecified trailing sumti
dropping: Standard bridi form: cu
unstated emotion: Compound indicators
unusual characters
words for: The universal bu
unvoiced consonants
contrasted with voiced in allowable consonant pairs: Initial Consonant Pairs
unvoiced vowel glide
apostrophe as: The Special Lojban Characters
upper-case
lerfu word for: Upper and lower cases
upper-case letters
English usage contrasted with Lojban: Upper and lower cases
Lojban usage contrasted with English: Upper and lower cases
utterance
expressing relation to discourse: Discursives
utterance ordinal
lerfu string as: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings
utterance pro-sumti: Utterance pro-sumti: the di'u-series
stability of: Pro-sumti and pro-bridi cancelling
utterances
non-bridi: Questions and answers
uy diphthong
in cmevla: cmevla

V

V
as a symbol for a single vowel: Introductory
vague abstraction: Minor abstraction types
vague abstractions
place structure: Minor abstraction types
vague abstractor: Minor abstraction types
vague relationship
modal tag for: Modal tags: BAI
valid speech
marking as error with jo'a: Miscellaneous indicators
variables
logical: Existential claims, prenexes, and variables
vector
components of: Vectors and matrices
definition: Vectors and matrices
vector indicator: Vectors and matrices
terminator for: Vectors and matrices
vectors
use as operands: Vectors and matrices
use of parentheses with: Vectors and matrices
veljvo
symmetrical: Symmetrical and asymmetrical lujvo
verbs
brivla as Lojban equivalents: brivla
veterinarian: Ordering lujvo places.
vice versa: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series , Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series , Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series , Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
English
expressing with vo'a-series pro-sumti and soi: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
virtue
example: Attitudinal modifiers
vocative phrase
effect of position on meaning: The syntax of vocative phrases
elidable terminator for: The syntax of vocative phrases
explicit quantifiers prohibited on: The syntax of vocative phrases
forms of: The syntax of vocative phrases
implicit descriptor on: The syntax of vocative phrases
implicit quantifiers on: The syntax of vocative phrases
purpose of: The syntax of vocative phrases
with complete sumti: The syntax of vocative phrases
with sumti without descriptor: The syntax of vocative phrases
vocative phrase terminator
elidability of: The syntax of vocative phrases
vocative phrase with name
placement of relative clause on: Relative clauses in vocative phrases
vocative phrase with selbri
placement of relative clause on: Relative clauses in vocative phrases
vocative phrases
as a free modifier : The syntax of vocative phrases
relative clauses on: Relative clauses in vocative phrases
vocative word
phrase following: The syntax of vocative phrases
vocatives
and definition of English "you": Vocative scales
contrasted with "la": Vocative scales
definition: Vocative scales
grammar overview: Vocative scales
notation convention symbol "X": Vocative scales
quick-tour version: Vocatives and commands
rationale for redundancy: Vocative scales
voiced consonants
contrasted with unvoiced in allowable consonant pairs: Initial Consonant Pairs
voiced/unvoiced consonants
restrictions on: Consonant Clusters
vowel
buffer: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
vowel buffer
contrasted with y sound: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
vowel pairs
contrasted with diphthongs: Vowel Pairs
definition of: Vowel Pairs
grouping of: Vowel Pairs
involving y: Vowel Pairs
list of: Vowel Pairs
use of apostrophe in: Vowel Pairs
vowel-initial words
necessity for pause before: Rules for inserting pauses
vowels
contrasted with consonants: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
definition of: Diphthongs and Syllabic Consonants
length of: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
pronunciation of
quick-tour version: Pronunciation
VV string
as a symbol for a double vowel: Introductory

W

walk to market: Conversion of simple selbri
want to be a soldier: The syntax of abstraction
wash self: Reflexive and reciprocal pro-sumti: the vo'a-series
weapon against self: Dropping the prenex
went and bought: Tenses, modals, and logical connection , Tenses, modals, and logical connection
what is your name: sumti and bridi questions: ma and mo
when: Tense questions: cu'e
when else: Tense questions: cu'e
when/where/how: Tense questions: cu'e
where: Tense questions: cu'e
whether criminal: Truth-value abstraction: jei
whole time interval
expressing: Interval properties: TAhE and roi
window: The six types of logical connectives
wine-dark sea: The meaning of tanru: a necessary detour
word classes: Introductory
word forms
as related to grammatical uses: Introductory
in Lojban (see also morphology): Introductory
word quotation
as morphologically valid: Quotation summary
internal grammar of: Quotation summary
words not in the dictionary: Some words used to indicate selbri relations
wrong concept: Dependent places

X

X-ray: rafsi
x1
in place structure notation: Introductory
notation convention
quick-tour version: Some words used to indicate selbri relations
x₃: Subscripts
xₐ,ₑ: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
xₖ: Mathematical uses of lerfu strings

Y

y
considered not to be a vowel for morphological discussions: Introductory
letter
between letters of consonant pair: brivla
prohibition from fu'ivla: fu'ivla
use in avoiding forbidden consonant pairs: Consonant Clusters
y sound
contrasted with vowel buffer: Buffering Of Consonant Clusters
y-hyphen
and consonant cluster determination: lujvo
and stress determination: lujvo
use of: lujvo
yes/no questions: Miscellaneous indicators
quick-tour version: Questions
yielding the floor: No more to say: FAhO
yon
as archaic English equivalent of "tu": Demonstrative pro-sumti: the ti-series
you
defining: Vocative scales
you're welcome
"fi'i" contrasted with "je'e": Vocative scales
"je'e" contrasted with "fi'i": Vocative scales
you-cmavo
example: lujvo based on pro-sumti
you-talk
example: lujvo based on pro-sumti
younger: Comparatives and superlatives , Comparatives and superlatives

Z

z
"z" instead of "'" in acronyms names based on lerfu words: Acronyms
zbalermorna
non-standard Lojban orthography: Oddball Orthographies
zero
relation to negation boundary: Negation boundaries
zero to one: Logical and non-logical connectives within mekso
Zipf's Law: Considerations for making lujvo
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