ja'ai NAI experimental cmavo

affirm last word: attached to cmavo to affirm them; denies negation by nai whenever it is applicable.

Suggested by Mark Shoulson in 1999 as an affirmative of nai. By analogy with the pairs na/ja'a, na'e/je'a, and na'i/jo'a.


In definition:

ei'e (exp!)
irrealis attitudinal: competence (ja'ai) - incompetence (nai)
ei'i (exp!)
irrealis attitudinal: constraint (ja'ai) - independence (cu'i) - resistance against constraint (nai)