brivla
Syllables: briv·la
brivla noun: a Lojban predicate word. Specifically, a word which may be used to express a selbri relation (a statement of truth of one kind or another) between a number of arguments. Gismu, lujvo and fu'ivla are all brivla.
Noun
brivla (plural brivla)
- A Lojban predicate word. Specifically, a word which may be used to express a selbri relation (a statement of truth of one kind or another) between a number of arguments. Gismu, lujvo and fu'ivla are all brivla.
- Brivla are "content words", i.e., categorematic. When acting as selbri they are roughly comparable to verbs (or adjectives (or even nouns), if the selbri's arity is one), and when acting as sumti (e.g., due to being prefixed with "le") they are comparable to nouns. If a brivla modifies another one...
- They often have no semantic meaning in themselves, though they may affect the semantics of brivla to which they are attached.1997, John W. Cowan, The Complete Lojban Language →ISBN http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=194
Forms of brivla
| plural | brivla |
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Origin of brivla
Borrowed from Lojban brivla.
Questions about brivla
- What does brivla mean?
- Brivla means a Lojban predicate word. Specifically, a word which may be used to express a selbri relation (a statement of truth of one kind or another) between a number of arguments. Gismu, lujvo and fu'ivla are all brivla.
- What part of speech is brivla?
- Brivla is a noun.
- What is the plural of brivla?
- The plural of brivla is brivla.
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