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example sentence from dictionary

Zidranwup nuxes yarik nuxrosi zag re{John}sa =
This dictionary was one of John's books.

zidrak [P-s] - one, single. Note that "zidranwup" literally means 'to be one of'. -nwup: "n" = suffixes follow; absence of "x" (change to '-s') or "z" (change to '-d') means the result has same dynamicity as classifier, here '-s'; "w" = +F; "u" = no change in major argument [i.e., resulting word is still "P", not "A" or "A/P"]; "p" = verb, classifier is static, 1 arg. "zidranwup" = P/F-s.
nuxes [P-s] - dictionary, wordbook, lexicon.
yarik [P-s] - this, these.
nuxros [P-s] - book, volume, tome. Final "-i" is plural ending.
zag [F/P-s] - of (genitive), apostrophe-s, that (relative conjunction), which, who, relative clause linker.
re{John}sa [P-s] - John.

(Zidranwup
      (nuxes
            (yarik))
      (nuxrosi
            (zag
                  (re{John}sa))))

Was one of
dictionary this
book of
John

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