jo'ai JAI experimental cmavo

convert a selbri tag followed by a tanru unit to a tanru unit; differently from {jai}, it does not change the first place of the tanru unit.

Examples: citno jo'ai ba'o jatna (to be a young ex-president); jo'ai ba'o se cliva zdadi'u (to be an abandoned house). See also jai.


On grammatical class:

ja'ei (exp!)
jai equivalent of la'e
jai
convert tense/modal (tagged) place to 1st place; 1st place moves to extra FA place (fai).
jai'a'a (exp!)
{jai} variant but as {zo'ei} rather than {tu'a}.
jai'e (exp!)
elliptical presence or absence of "jai".
jo'ai (exp!)
convert a selbri tag followed by a tanru unit to a tanru unit; differently from {jai}, it does not change the first place of the tanru unit.

In definition:

cmavrjai
x1 is the selma'o "JAI".

In notes:

dudyxe'o
x1 is generous to x2 by giving x3
gastcica
x1 (event) is an illusion that deceives/tricks x2 into sensing x3 using sense x4 under conditions x5
jai'a
grammatically converts LAhE to SE; semantically the result tags the x1 of the selbri as being LAhE the supplied x1. Can be converted to other than x1 with SE.
jaxnalvai
x1 (object/person) is unimportant/not crucial/doesn't matter to x2 in aspect x3 under circumstances/in instance (in which x1 participates) x4=vf
jaxnunco'e
x1 is involved in / is related to / pertains to / is a sumti participant in abstraction x2.
jaxpu'a
x1=p1j (object/person) seems pleasant to/pleases x2=p2 in property x3, in that x1 does/is/partakes in x4=pfai
kansele
x1 (entity) cancels x2 (event)
laryrakpra
c1 sculpts/carves c2=l1 from s2 using tool s1
ma'ai
mansa modal, 1st place (satisfying evaluator) satisfied by …
narprugastcica
x1 (event) causes jamais-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
nau'o
pro-sumti whose referent's identity is unknown to the speaker
nenbejbei
x1 is an energy transporter for beaming x2 to x3 from x4 over path x5
prugastcica
x1 (event) causes déjà-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
re zei taulka
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'tanru-unit-2' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
sema'ai (comp!)
mansa modal, 2nd place (satisfying evaluator) such that …
skasmi
x1 resembles x2 in color x3
sodri'a
x1 (event/process) carbonates x2
tema'ai (comp!)
mansa modal, 3rd place (satisfying evaluator) satisfying in property …
tolsnuti
x1 (event) is deliberate, intentional on the part of x2
tu'ei (exp!)
makes a new selbri, the first two places of which are to be filled with sumti from the first two abstraction places of the selbri following this word
tunri'a
x1=r1 (nu) physically causes x2=t1 (object, usually pointed) to poke x3=t2 (experiencer) under conditions x4=r3
voi'a
pronoun analogical to the vo'a series for the fai-place.
xakmu'o
x1=m1=xa2 is exhausted / depleted / completely consumed by x2=xa2 by standard x3=m3; x1 is all used up / has run out.