Named reference. It converts a sumti into another sumti. The converted sumti points to the referent the name of which is the referent of the unconverted sumti.
“lai'e ko'a”=“zo'e noi se cmene ko'a”. lai'e is a cmavo of LAhE, and followed by any sumti including “lo se du'u BRIDI”, “zo...”, “lu...li'u”, “lo'u...le'u” or “zoi...”, used with an elidable terminater lu'u. For example, “lai'e lo se du'u ti brife doi la betis” refers to something the name of which is a text in a language that means “ti brife doi la betis”, while “la'e lo se du'u ti brife doi la betis” refers to the same as “lo du'u ti brife doi la betis”. The syntax of sumti following lai'e is analysed by the parser, while the syntax of strings following la'ai or la'o is ignored. In the cases that lai'e is followed by lu, lo'u or zoi, the referent is the same as that of sumti formed by la'au, la'ai or la'o respectively: “lai'e lu ti brife doi la betis li'u (lu'u)”=“la'au ti brife doi la betis li'u”; “lai'e lo'u se ly van beti le'u (lu'u)”=“la'ai se ly van beti le'u”; “lai'e zoi zoi C'est le vent, Betty zoi (lu'u)”=“la'o zoi C'est le vent, Betty zoi”. See also la'e, la, la'o, la'ai, la'au; lu'u; cmene.