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Some tergi'u with features - tentative
As I explained in previous mails, I think each terbri (and
gadri, and sumtcita, and some other cmavo) have a collection
of features, which can be used to determine some sort of
categorical consistency of sentences. Here is my first attempt
at assigning some. I'm sure it will be much modified. It
covers bacru to benji.
Colin
Tentative list of features.
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Some of these I am sure are useful, others I put in because I
thought they might be, but they may turn out not to be.
Some features imply others (or the absence of others)
Where an implication is specified,
both need not of course be specified explicitly for a terbri,
but sometimes they are both specified in the list below for
clarity.
I think that +set is incompatible with most other features
(not all), but I think there might be value in allowing '+set
+feature' where the '+feature' applies to members of the set,
so I have put these in sometimes, in parenthesis. Only
practice will tell whether this works.
abstract - abstraction (-> -concrete)
activity - (-> +event)
animal - (-> +bio)
bio - biological
concept - concept (-> +abstract)
concrete - concrete (-> -abstract)
emot - (capable of) emotion
event - (-> +abstract)
kind - species or sort (-> +abs)
location -
mass - is (treated as) a mass. Is consistent with most other
features, which may be inherited from its components.
pers - personal (not nec. human)
plant - plant (-> bio)
property - (-> abstract)
proposition - (-> abstract)
purpose - (-> abstract)
set - is a set
shape -
standard - (not nec +abstract)
state - (-> +abstract)
substance - (-> concrete)
text - text (not nec written) (-> +abstract)
vol - volitional
^: unspecified (sometimes mentioned for emphasis)
?: I'm not sure whether this feature is there, usually because
I'm not quite sure of the meaning.
bacru utter -set +pers +vol
se bacru uttered -set +text
badna banana -set +concrete +plant +shape
se badna banana species -set +concept +plant +kind
badri sad -set +pers +emot
se badri object of sadness +abstract +concept
bajra run -set +concrete +vol
se bajra running surface -set +concrete +location
te bajra running limb -set +concrete
ve bajra running gait -set +abstract +concept
bakfu bundle -set +concrete +shape
se bakfu contents of bundle -set +concrete
te bakfu wrapping of bundle -set +concrete
bakni bovine -set +concrete +animal
se bakni bovine species -set +concept +animal +kind
bakri chalk -set +substance
se bakri source of chalk -set
te bakri form of chalk -set +shape
baktu bucket -set +shape +concrete +container
se baktu contents of bucket -set +concrete
te baktu material of bucket -set +substance
balji bulb -set +plant +concrete +shape
se balji plant with bulb -set +plant (^concrete ^kind)
balni balcony -set +concrete +shape
se balni balconied -set +concrete
balre blade -set +concrete +shape
se balre bladed -set +concrete
balvi future -set +event
se balvi has in its future -set +event
bancu beyond
se bancu bound beyond which
te bancu reference for beyond
ve bancu beyondness property -set +abstract
bandu defend -set +event
se bandu defended
te bandu defended against -set +event
banfi amphibian -set +animal +concrete
se banfi amphibian species -set +animal +kind +abstract
bangu language -set +concept
se bangu people with language +vol +pers
banli great
se banli greatness property -set +property
te banli greatness standard -set +standard
banro grow -set
se banro grown -set te banro grown from
-set
banxa bank -set ?concrete ?location
se banxa banker -set
te banxa function of bank -set +activity
banzu suffice -set +concrete
se banzu purpose sufficed -set +purpose
te banzu sufficiency conditions +state
bapli force -set +property
se bapli force -set +event
barda big
se barda bigness dimension -set +property
te barda bigness standard +standard
bargu arch -set +concrete +shape
se bargu arched over -set +concrete
te bargu material of arch -set +substance
barja bar -set +concrete +location
se barja served in bar -set +concrete
te barja customer of bar -set +concrete +pers +vol
barna mark -set +concrete
se barna marked -set +concrete
te barna material of mark -set +substance
bartu out
se bartu has outside
basna emphasize -set +vol
se basna emphasized
te basna emphasis -set +activity
basti replace
se basti replaced
te basti replacement conditions +state
batci bite -set +concrete
se batci bitten -set +concrete
te batci locus of bite -set +location
batke button -set +concrete
se batke has button -set +concrete
te batke purpose of button -set +purpose
ve batke material of button -set +substance
bavmi barley -set +concrete +plant
se bavmi barley species -set +plant +kind
baxso Malay-Indonesian -set
se baxso Malay-Ind aspect -set +abstract +property?
bebna foolish -set +vol? +pers?
se bebna foolishness -set +property
bemro North American -set
se bemro North American aspect -set +abstract +property?
bende crew +mass -set +concrete
se bende members of crew +set (+pers)
te bende lead crew -set +pers +vol
ve bende purpose of crew +purpose
bengo Bengali -set
se bengo Bengali aspect -set +abstract +property?
benji transfer -set +vol
se benji transfered
te benji receive transfer -set +concrete
ve benji transmitter -set +concrete
xe benji means of transfer -set