The following cmavo are discussed in this section:

A sumti can be made into a simple selbri by preceding it with me (of selma'o ME) and following it with the elidable terminator me'u (of selma'o MEhU). This makes a selbri with the place structure

which is true of the thing, or things, that are the referents of the sumti, and not of anything else. For example, consider the sumti

If these are understood to be the Three Kings of Christian tradition, who arrive every year on January 6, then we may say:

and likewise

and

If the sumti refers to a single object, then the effect of me is much like that of du :

means the same as

It is common to use me selbri, especially those based on name sumti using la , as seltau. For example:

The elidable terminator me'u can usually be omitted. It is absolutely required only if the me selbri is being used in an indefinite description (a type of sumti explained in Section 6.8 ), and if the indefinite description is followed by a relative clause (explained in Chapter 8 ) or a sumti logical connective (explained in Section 14.6 ). Without a me'u , the relative clause or logical connective would appear to belong to the sumti embedded in the me expression. Here is a contrasting pair of sentences:

In Example 5.105 the me selbri covers the three kings plus John, and the indefinite description picks out two of them that are said to be white: we cannot say which two. In Example 5.106 , though, the me selbri covers only the three kings: two of them are said to be white, and so is John.

Finally, here is another example requiring me'u :

There are other sentences where either me'u or some other elidable terminator must be expressed:

requires either ku or me'u to be explicit, and (as with be'o in Section 5.7 ) the me'u leaves no doubt which cmavo it is paired with.