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sumti tcita

/suːm.ti.tʃiː.tɑː/

sumti tcita noun: a (Lojban analogue of a) preposition; a "sumti label" for extra sumti (“arguments”) of the selbri which the sumti tcita modifies. (By "extra sumti" are meant sumti which have not been assigned places in the selbri (“predicate”)'s place structure).

Noun

sumti tcita (plural sumti tcita)

  1. (Lojban) A (Lojban analogue of a) preposition; a "sumti label" for extra sumti (“arguments”) of the selbri which the sumti tcita modifies. (By "extra sumti" are meant sumti which have not been assigned places in the selbri (“predicate”)'s place structure).
    • Thus, a safer statement than yours is the claim that a fi'o construction can be devised that is semantically equivalent to any sumti tcita needed which is NOT in the lexeme BAI set.1991 May 13, Bob LeChevalier, “Jim Carter on lujvo place structures”, in lojban-list
    • When the negated tense is a sumti tcita, “nai” ne­gation indicates that the stated relationship does not hold:1997, JW Cowan, The complete Lojban language, page 245

Forms of sumti tcita

pluralsumti tcita

Origin of sumti tcita

From Lojban sumti tcita, tanru (meaning/phrase compound) spelling for sumtcita.

Questions about sumti tcita

What does sumti tcita mean?
Sumti tcita means a (Lojban analogue of a) preposition; a "sumti label" for extra sumti (“arguments”) of the selbri which the sumti tcita modifies. (By "extra sumti" are meant sumti which have not been assigned places in the selbri (“predicate”)'s place structure).
What part of speech is sumti tcita?
Sumti tcita is a noun.
How do you pronounce sumti tcita?
Sumti tcita is pronounced /suːm.ti.tʃiː.tɑː/.
What is the plural of sumti tcita?
The plural of sumti tcita is sumti tcita.

Words near sumti tcita in the dictionary

  1. Sumter County
  2. sumthang
  3. sumthin'
  4. sumthing
  5. sumti
  6. sumti tcita
  7. sumting
  8. sumtotal
  9. sumtotals
  10. sumtree
  11. sumtrees

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