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la lojbab cusku di'e
resi'e if meaningful would have the place structure x1 is a 2(-some) portion of mass x2 lo resi'e refers to the x1 of that construct pa lo resi'e selects one out of however many such 2-some portions of the unstated x2 as may exist. This is nonsense.
That's not what the straightforward reading of the ma'oste gives.{zesi'e} from the ma'oste would mean: "x1 is a 7th portion of mass/totality x2".
That's also the most natlangy interpretation. Compare
for example with Esperanto, which has "-opo" for {mei}
and "-ono" for {si'e}:
sep ze seven
sepopo zemei a seven-some
sepono zesi'e a seven-th
The idea that one has to use {fi'uze} rather than plain {ze}
in front of {si'e} is probably a later development.
If we are going to use {fi'uze}, it is not clear why we
couldn't just use {mei} with it.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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