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Each new ExSol is getting more ecellent that the previous one! I have a couple of minor suggestions:
3. Either lV is gadrow for Kind and lVi is gadrow for Jbomass, or vice versa. It's hard to say which is more compatible with SL, but lVi for Kind and lV for Jbomass is more compatible with the bits of SL that are not a mess. In exx below I will use lo for Jbomass and loi for Kind (in a reversal from 2nd Ex Sol), but this assignment is not part of the proposal, which is neutral between the two alternative assignments.
I prefer the opposite assignment. I have the lVi-collective connection too internalized already to give it up easily. Also, I think Kind deserves the least marked form.
13. {PA lo broda} = PA members of the collective expressed by
{lo broda}.
{PA loi broda} = PA Kinds of the Kind expressed by {loi broda}.
I would like:
13. {PA loi broda} = PA Collectives expressed by {loi broda}.
{PA lo broda} = PA Kinds of the Kind expressed by {lo broda}.
It would not make sense to use PA when {loi broda} is
{loi ro broda} or {loi tu'o broda}, but quantifying
over collectives is useful in other cases: {ro loi re broda}
would be "every pair of brodas".
We already have piPA to get to the members. Additionally, we
could get to the members with PAfi'u(ro):
{PAfi'u(ro) loi broda}: PA members of the collective expressed
by {lo broda}
17. {PA broda} = {PA lo broda}, which in most contexts would
be glorked as {PA lo ro broda}.
This becomes:
{PA broda} = {PAfi'u(ro) loi broda}.
The same goes for {piPA broda}.
I would reserve {piPA broda} for {piPA loi pa broda}, fraction
of individual, but this need further thought. I'm not sure
whether it is compatible with the rest.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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