puzuvukiku PU* cmavo-compound

time-tense discursive: a long time ago and far away; locks frame-of-reference of time and space

Commonly used similarly to English "once upon a time" in story introductions.

On grammatical class:

ba
time tense relation/direction: will [selbri]; after [sumti]; default future tense.
ca
time tense relation/direction: is [selbri]; during/simultaneous with [sumti]; present tense.
pu
time tense relation/direction: did [selbri]; before/prior to [sumti]; default past tense.
xa'ei (exp!)
time tense relation/direction: disconnected in time/place; causally disjoint
baba (comp!)
time tense: will be going to; (tense/modal).
baca'a (comp!)
time tense: future actuality; modal aspect.
bapu (comp!)
time tense: will have been; (tense/modal).
caca'a (comp!)
time tense: present actuality; modal aspect.
cajeba (comp!)
time tense: during and after; (tense/modal).
caku (comp!)
Now. At the present time.
ca ma (comp!)
sumti question asking for a time/date/event; simultaneous with what?.
cazi (comp!)
right now
cazu (comp!)
nowadays, wide sense of "now"
puba (comp!)
time tense: was going to; (tense/modal).
puca'a (comp!)
time tense: past actuality; modal aspect.
pujeba (comp!)
time tense: before and after; (tense/modal).
pujeca (comp!)
time tense: before and during; (tense/modal).
pupu (comp!)
time tense: had earlier been; (tense/modal).
puza (comp!)
time tense: a medium time before; (tense/modal).
puze'a (comp!)
time tense: for a medium length interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).
puze'i (comp!)
time tense: for a short interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).
puze'u (comp!)
time tense: for a long interval some time in the past; (tense/modal).
puzi (comp!)
time tense: a short time before; (tense/modal).
puzu (comp!)
time tense: a long time before; (tense/modal).
puzuvukiku (comp!)
time-tense discursive: a long time ago and far away; locks frame-of-reference of time and space

In definition:

cmavrpu
x1 is the selma'o "PU".
jinmrplutoni
x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of plutonium [Pu]

In notes:

rore'u
(for the) last time
narprugastcica
x1 (event) causes jamais-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
prugastcica
x1 (event) causes déjà-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
selma'o
x1 is the class of structure word x2, which means or has function x3 in language x4.
puvza
x1 happened x2 length of time ago; x1 happened x2 length of time before x3
ca'au (exp!)
Refers to what is usually assumed to be the argument of tense tags when no explicit argument is given
ca'ei
shorthand for {ca lo nu}; during the event-of
coi'e
x1 is PA hours in duration by standard x2.
doi'e
x1 is PA days in duration by standard x2.
jei'o
x1 is PA weeks in duration by standard x2.
lei'o
x1 is PA months in duration by standard x2.
moi'e
x1 is PA minutes in duration by standard x2.
nei'o
x1 is PA years in duration by standard x2.
soi'e
x1 is PA seconds in duration by standard x2.
soi'i
head-final content clause relativizer: it turns the current clause into a subordinate content clause, binds it to the {ke'a} pronoun, and restart the current clause afresh (as if its previous content was erased or moved into a hidden prenex).
vy'y
brisni/statement terminator.
purzida
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'time-offset' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
zilze'apuda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'time' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.