me'a BAI cmavo

mleca modal, 1st place (a lesser) undercut by ... ; usually a sumti modifier.


On affix form:

mleca
x1 is less than x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) by amount x4.

In notes:

mei'ai
x1 is (n) less than x2 in metric x3 [ni, default cardinality]