selma'o lujvo

x1 is the class of structure word x2, which means or has function x3 in language x4.

For example, the selma'o (class) of particles pu, ca and ba is PU. x2 can, for some speakers, take not just cmavo but any word. See also ma'oi.


In definition:

besto
x1 dons metaphorical asbestos suit x2 to guard against flames x3 on topic x4 from x5, who disagrees with post x6 for reason x7, not realizing that the post was meant to be sent to x8 rather than all of mailing list x9 (default jboste) where it was posted in response to email x10, whose author wishes selma'o x11 (default SE) were extended to concisely express place x12 of brivla x13 (default besto) which has place structure x14 and too many places because of sadistic whim x15 of brivla-maker x16, who also created brivla x17 which has place structure x18, and so winds up using too many of cmavo x19 (default zi'o) in order to make the brivla ( x13) more usable by standard x20 and wishes they had never heard of the word besto for reason x21, not realizing for reason x22 that it was suggested sarcastically due to boredom x23 of person x24, who is proposing it against better judgement x25 because it is fun by standard x26, but still wishes it had as many places as x27 (default du) for reason x28, and feels like throwing in epistemology sumti x29, because he/she knows both that gismu x30 (default besto) has its place structure defined by run-on sentence x31 and that epistemology sumti are used in gismu x32 by epistemology x33, notwithstanding the fact that x34 actually has a use for besto places x35 (default 1) through x36 (default x7) and wishes this weren't an extremely long and stupid joke, longer than joke x37 and stupider than joke x38 but still appreciated by x39 - a fact which says x40 about them in the opinion of x41 - but not seen as even remotely amusing by x42, who is aware that x43 has a use for the gismu besto because of x45
foi'e
GOI attachment modifier: allows a cmavo of selma'o GOI (which must follow immediately) to be attached to a selbri
li'au
terminator of selma'o LUhEI
ma'oi (exp!)
selma'o quote; quotes a word (a cmavo) and uses it to name a selma'o.
ma'oi'e (exp!)
Like "ma'oi" but outputs the officially-designated/canonical sub-selma'o (if any) to which the immediately following and quoted word (cmavo) belongs, otherwise outputting the whole relevant selma'o in fashion equivalent to "ma'oi".
mau'e
UI conversion start quote; converts grammatical Lojban text to cmavo of selma'o UI
mau'o
UI conversion end quote (elidable terminator); converts grammatical Lojban text to cmavo of selma'o UI
mei'o
Elidable terminator for selma'o MEIhE (which turns any number of sumti into a selbri-unit)
xo'e'o'ei
At-most-unary mekso operator: like {xo'ei} but for selma'o XOhEhOhE, rather than just PA
cma'e'i'o'uvo
x1 is an obscure experimental cmavo that nobody uses, of selma'o x2 (probably also experimental), with meaning/function x3 in usage (language) x4
cmavnra'o
x1 is the selma'o "RAhO".
cmavnroi
x1 is the selma'o "ROI".
cmavrba'e
x1 is the selma'o "BAhE".
cmavrbai
x1 is the selma'o "BAI".
cmavrbe
x1 is the selma'o "BE".
cmavrbei
x1 is the selma'o "BEI".
cmavrbe'o
x1 is the selma'o "BEhO".
cmavrbi'e
x1 is the selma'o "BIhE".
cmavrbi'i
x1 is the selma'o "BIhI".
cmavrbo
x1 is the selma'o "BO".
cmavrboi
x1 is the selma'o "BOI".
cmavrbu
x1 is the selma'o "BU".
cmavrca'a
x1 is the selma'o "CAhA".
cmavrcai
x1 is the selma'o "CAI".
cmavrce'e
x1 is the selma'o "CEhE".
cmavrcei
x1 is the selma'o "CEI".
cmavrcinmo
x1 is the selma'o "UI".
cmavrco
x1 is the selma'o "CO".
cmavrcoi
x1 is the selma'o "COI".
cmavrcu
x1 is the selma'o "CU".
cmavrcu'e
x1 is the selma'o "CUhE".
cmavrda'o
x1 is the selma'o "DAhO".
cmavrdepsna
x1 is the selma'o "Y".
cmavrdoi
x1 is the selma'o "DOI".
cmavrdo'u
x1 is the selma'o "DOhU".
cmavrfa
x1 is the selma'o "FA".
cmavrfa'a
x1 is the selma'o "FAhA".
cmavrfa'o
x1 is the selma'o "FAhO".
cmavrfe'e
x1 is the selma'o "FEhE".
cmavrfe'u
x1 is the selma'o "FEhU".
cmavrfi'o
x1 is the selma'o "FIhO".
cmavrfoi
x1 is the selma'o "FOI".
cmavrfu'a
x1 is the selma'o "FUhA".
cmavrfu'e
x1 is the selma'o "FUhE".
cmavrfu'o
x1 is the selma'o "FUhO".
cmavrga
x1 is the selma'o "GA".
cmavrga'o
x1 is the selma'o "GAhO".
cmavrge'u
x1 is the selma'o "GEhU".
cmavrgi
x1 is the selma'o "GI".
cmavrgi'a
x1 is the selma'o "GIhA".
cmavrgo'a
x1 is the selma'o "GOhA".
cmavrgoi
x1 is the selma'o "GOI".
cmavrgu'a
x1 is the selma'o "GUhA".
cmavrja
x1 is the selma'o "JA".
cmavrjai
x1 is the selma'o "JAI".
cmavrjo'i
x1 is the selma'o "JOhI".
cmavrjoi
x1 is the selma'o "JOI".
cmavrke
x1 is the selma'o "KE".
cmavrke'e
x1 is the selma'o "KEhE".
cmavrkei
x1 is the selma'o "KEI".
cmavrki
x1 is the selma'o "KI".
cmavrko'a
x1 is the selma'o "KOhA".
cmavrku
x1 is the selma'o "KU".
cmavrku'e
x1 is the selma'o "KUhE".
cmavrku'o
x1 is the selma'o "KUhO".
cmavrla
x1 is the selma'o "LA".
cmavrla'e
x1 is the selma'o "LAhE".
cmavrlau
x1 is the selma'o "LAU".
cmavrle
x1 is the selma'o "LE".
cmavrlerfu
x1 is the selma'o "BY".
cmavrle'u
x1 is the selma'o "LEhU".
cmavrli
x1 is the selma'o "LI".
cmavrli'u
x1 is the selma'o "LIhU".
cmavrlo'o
x1 is the selma'o "LOhO".
cmavrlo'u
x1 is the selma'o "LOhU".
cmavrlu
x1 is the selma'o "LU".
cmavrlu'u
x1 is the selma'o "LUhU".
cmavrmai
x1 is the selma'o "MAI".
cmavrma'o
x1 is the selma'o "MAhO".
cmavrme
x1 is the selma'o "ME".
cmavrme'u
x1 is the selma'o "MEhU".
cmavrmo'e
x1 is the selma'o "MOhE".
cmavrmo'i
x1 is the selma'o "MOhI".
cmavrmoi
x1 is the selma'o "MOI".
cmavrna
x1 is the selma'o "NA".
cmavrna'e
x1 is the selma'o "NAhE".
cmavrnai
x1 is the selma'o "NAI".
cmavrna'u
x1 is the selma'o "NAhU".
cmavrni'e
x1 is the selma'o "NIhE".
cmavrni'o
x1 is the selma'o "NIhO".
cmavrnoi
x1 is the selma'o "NOI".
cmavrnu
x1 is the selma'o "NU".
cmavrnu'a
x1 is the selma'o "NUhA".
cmavrnu'i
x1 is the selma'o "NUhI".
cmavrnu'u
x1 is the selma'o "NUhU".
cmavrpa
x1 is the selma'o "PA".
cmavrpe'e
x1 is the selma'o "PEhE".
cmavrpe'o
x1 is the selma'o "PEhO".
cmavrpu
x1 is the selma'o "PU".
cmavrsa
x1 is the selma'o "SA".
cmavrse
x1 is the selma'o "SE".
cmavrsei
x1 is the selma'o "SEI".
cmavrse'u
x1 is the selma'o "SEhU".
cmavrsi
x1 is the selma'o "SI".
cmavrsoi
x1 is the selma'o "SOI".
cmavrsu
x1 is the selma'o "SU".
cmavrta'e
x1 is the selma'o "TAhE".
cmavrtei
x1 is the selma'o "TEI".
cmavrte'u
x1 is the selma'o "TEhU".
cmavrto
x1 is the selma'o "TO".
cmavrtoi
x1 is the selma'o "TOI".
cmavrtu'e
x1 is the selma'o "TUhE".
cmavrtu'u
x1 is the selma'o "TUhU".
cmavrva
x1 is the selma'o "VA".
cmavrvau
x1 is the selma'o "VAU".
cmavrve'a
x1 is the selma'o "VEhA".
cmavrvei
x1 is the selma'o "VEI".
cmavrve'o
x1 is the selma'o "VEhO".
cmavrvi'a
x1 is the selma'o "VIhA".
cmavrvu'o
x1 is the selma'o "VUhO".
cmavrvu'u
x1 is the selma'o "VUhU".
cmavrxavo
x1 is the selma'o "A".
cmavrxi
x1 is the selma'o "XI".
cmavrxivo
x1 is the selma'o "I".
cmavrza'o
x1 is the selma'o "ZAhO".
cmavrze'a
x1 is the selma'o "ZEhA".
cmavrzi
x1 is the selma'o "ZI".
cmavrzi'e
x1 is the selma'o "ZIhE".
cmavrzo
x1 is the selma'o "ZO".
cmavrzo'e
x1 is the selma'o "ZOhE".
cmavrzoi
x1 is the selma'o "ZOI".
o'evla
x1 is a generic/elliptical-referent/unspecified-referent word of type x2 (ka/selma'o) in language x3.
cmavrui
x1 is the selma'o "UI".

In notes:

gadri
x1 is an article/descriptor labelling description x2 (text) in language x3 with semantics x4.
pevyselma'o
x1 is the part-of-speech / grammatical class of word x2, which means or has function x3 in language x4.
vicma'o
x1 is an eraser word
vlagenkle
x1 is the part-of-speech / grammatical class of word x2, which means or has function x3 in language x4.
vlalei
k1 is a word type within (language) k2=v3, with defining property k3 (ka).
zifma'o
x1 is is a free word (word which can be freely inserted into or deleted from a sentence without making it ungrammatical), with meaning/function x2 in usage (language) x3
bi'oi (exp!)
non-logical interval connective: ordered interval with specified endpoint/terminus x1 and signed measure/length/duration x2; interval between x1 and x1 + x according to the ordering of the space.
bi'oi'au (exp!)
digit/number: interval/range indicator for significant digits (determined by lesser endpoint).
bu'ai
abstractor: abstractor to create logically quantified selbri variable to be used in predicate logic of third or higher order.
co'o'e
elliptical/vague/unspecific/generic tanru inversion
fai'a (exp!)
translation marker - original/native version: marks a construct as having been translated and therefore particularly (possibly, but not necessarily) susceptible to the errors or limitations associated with translation (especially if the translator is unsure of the best result/option)
go'ei
repeat (copy-and-paste) the recontextualized content of the most-recent or indicated NOI relative clause.
ke'e'au
terminates a JUhAU expression
ku'ai'i
empty/vacuous selbri
ku'oi
Complex UI construct terminator (elidable).
lu'ei (exp!)
convert a grammatical quotation to a tanru unit; x1 expresses/says the quoted text for audience x2 via expressive medium x3.
mi'i'au (exp!)
digit/number: interval/range indicator for significant digits (determined by midpoint).
noi'a'u (exp!)
PA nonrestrictive/incidental relative clause; attaches to a PA number/numeral/digit with the ke'a referring to that PA number/numeral/digit.
noi'i
connective modifer/limiter
poi'a'u (exp!)
PA restrictive relative clause; attaches to a PA number/numeral/digit with the ke'a referring to that PA number/numeral/digit.
ru'oi (exp!)
quantifier: "all" (as opposed to "every")
te'au
iterated Cartesian product with self: A × A × ... × A, n times.
te'oi'oi
terminator, mekso: terminates the listing of an ordered sequence of indices for a tensor
xe'au
mekso clausal referent bracket initializer
xe'u
Abstraction variable indicator selbrisle.
xi'i (exp!)
extent of truth
xo'e'o'e (exp!)
elliptical/unspecified/vague single-symbol (general)
xu'au
extent of truth
zau'e'u
text affirmation/negation mode toggle
zi'a (exp!)
nonce-word indicator; indicates previous word is nonce-creation and may be nonstandard
jarnezi
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'text' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
praperi
x1 is a strict/proper sub-x2 [structure] in/of x3; x2 is a structure and x1 and x3 are both examples of that structure x2 such that x1 is entirely contained within x3 (where containment is defined according to the standard/characteristics/definition of x2; but in any case, no member/part/element that belongs to x1 does not also belong to x3), but there is some member/part/element of x3 that does not belong to x1 in the same way.