cfari -cfa- gismu

x1 [state/event/process] commences/initiates/starts/begins to occur; (intransitive verb).

See also sisti, krasi, fanmo, co'acfa.

In notes:

fanmo
x1 is an end/finish/termination of thing/process x2; [not necessarily implying completeness].
krasi
x1 (site/event) is a source/start/beginning/origin of x2 (object/event/process).
sisti
x1 [agent] ceases/stops/halts/ends activity/process/state x2 [not necessarily completing it].
cfabalvi
b1 is entirely in the future of b2; b1 begins after b2.
cfagau
x1=g1 (person/agent) initiates/begins/starts/causes the beginning of x2=c1 (state/event/process).
cfari'i
r1 is/are the ritual/proceedings for starting/commencing c1[event/state/process] by community r2 with rules c4.
cfatse
x1 sits down on x2.
co'acfa
x1=cf1 [state/event/process] commences/initiates/starts/begins to occur from its natural start; (intransitive verb).
flacfatrugri
g1=t1 is the Lower House/House of Representatives/House of Commons for territory t2 with members g3=f5.
selkra
k2 originates from k1.
tolcfagau
g1 stops/ends c1 [state/event/process].
tolcfari'i
r1 is/are the ritual/proceedings for adjourning/ending c1[event/state/process] by community r2 with rules c4.
zatra'i
r1=z1 exists over interval r2.
incipe
x1 is the beginning/the initial stage/starting/inchoate/coming into existence/first part of x2
ka'inxo
x1 becomes x2 (property); x1 begins to satisfy property x2