Chapter 7: Brevity Is The Soul Of Language: Pro-sumti And Pro-bridi

16. KOhA cmavo by series

mi-series: mi I (rafsi: “mib”) do you (rafsi: “don” and “doi”) mi'o you and I mi'a I and others, we but not you ma'a you and I and others do'o you and others ko you-imperative

ti-series: ti this here; something nearby (rafsi: “tif”) ta that there; something distant (rafsi: “taz”) tu that yonder; something far distant (rafsi: “tuf”)

di'u-series: di'u the previous utterance de'u an earlier utterance da'u a much earlier utterance di'e the next utterance de'e a later utterance da'e a much later utterance dei this very utterance do'i some utterance

ko'a-series: ko'a it-1; 1st assignable pro-sumti ko'e it-2; 2nd assignable pro-sumti ko'i it-3; 3rd assignable pro-sumti ko'o it-4; 4th assignable pro-sumti ko'u it-5; 5th assignable pro-sumti fo'a it-6; 6th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: “fo'a”) fo'e it-7; 7th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: “fo'e”) fo'i it-8; 8th assignable pro-sumti (rafsi: “fo'i”) fo'o it-9; 9th assignable pro-sumti fo'u it-10; 10th assignable pro-sumti

ri-series: ri (repeats the last sumti) ra (repeats a previous sumti) ru (repeats a long-ago sumti)

zo'e-series: zo'e the obvious value zu'i the typical value zi'o the nonexistent value (rafsi: “zil”)

vo'a-series: vo'a x1 of this bridi vo'e x2 of this bridi vo'i x3 of this bridi vo'o x4 of this bridi vo'u x5 of this bridi

da-series: da something-1 (rafsi: “dav”/“dza”) de something-2 di something-3

others: ke'a relativized sumti ma sumti question ce'u abstraction focus