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Re: [saweli] NSM and other questions

In a message dated 4/9/2009 20:55:01 Eastern Daylight Time, veoler@hidden.email writes:


> gaxigras lip.
>
> ges organ, body-part.
> geflas seed.
> gegrus flower, blossom.

So "ges" refers to a plant organ? Does "gas" refers to an animal
organ? It doesn't seem to appear in the list.


> ge'uves gene.

There is the 'u again.


Here are all the classifiers and their meanings and how they're classified:

M&E natural living animal ba: primate
M&E natural living animal be: carnivore
M&E natural living animal bi: large grazing mammal
M&E natural living animal bo: sea mammal
M&E natural living animal bu: other mammal
M&E natural living animal ca: bird
M&E natural living animal ce: snake
M&E natural living animal ce'u: other reptile
M&E natural living animal ci: amphibian
M&E natural living animal co: fish
M&E natural living animal cu: other vertebrate
M&E natural living animal da: insect
M&E natural living animal de: arthropod
M&E natural living animal du: other animal
M&E natural living plant fa: tree/shrub
M&E natural living plant fe: farm/garden plant
M&E natural living plant fi: flower plant
M&E natural living plant fu: other plant
M&E natural living component ga: external animal organ or region
M&E natural living component ga'a: internal animal organ
M&E natural living component ga'u: natural thing (body parts that last beyond the life of the body)
M&E natural living component ge: other body parts (including plant parts)
M&E natural living component ge'u: body parts too small to see with naked eye (cell) or in isolation (enzyme)
M&E natural living component gi: physical illness
M&E natural living component gi'a: mental illness
M&E natural living component go: wound/growth
M&E natural living other gu: other living matter & energy
M&E natural nonliving ha: atmospheric or weather phenomenon
M&E natural nonliving ha'u: other non-living phenomenon
M&E artificial he: vehicle
M&E artificial hi: weapon launcher
M&E artificial hi'a: explosive weapon or projectile
M&E artificial hi'u: explosive non-weapon
M&E artificial ho: electrical component
M&E artificial ho'u: electrical energy converter
M&E artificial hu: measurement device
M&E artificial hu'a: energy converter
M&E artificial hu'e: manipulator; modifier
M&E artificial hu'i: transporter, carrier, conductor
M&E artificial hu'o: musical instrument
M&E artificial hu'u: misc powered device
M natural substance ja: elements
M natural substance je: compounds
M natural substance ji: animal substance
M natural substance jo: plant substance
M natural substance ju: other natural substance
M natural location ka: natural body of water
M natural location ke: natural planetary location
M natural location ki: natural extraterrestrial location
M natural other ko: natural inorganic thing
M natural other ko'u: typically too small to see bare-eyed
M natural other ku: natural thing (not actually part of the living body)
M artificial substance la: processed food substance
M artificial substance la'a: drink
M artificial substance la'e: recreational/nonbeneficial drugs, incl. tobacco products
M artificial substance la'u: medicine
M artificial substance le: metal other artificial substance
M artificial substance li: solid other artificial substance
M artificial substance lo: liquid other artificial substance
M artificial substance lu: other artificial substance
M artificial location ma: room
M artificial location ma'u: non-room part of a building
M artificial location me: building(s)/place of business
M artificial location mi: political area
M artificial location mo: specific, named countries, regions
M artificial location mu: other artificial location (typically infrastructure)
M artificial other na: food item
M artificial other ne: measuring device
M artificial other ne'a: ability-enhancing device
M artificial other ne'e: tool, manipulator
M artificial other ne'i: weapon
M artificial other ne'o: musical instrument
M artificial other ne'u: general, miscellaneous device/instrument/tool
M artificial other ni: clothing
M artificial other ni'u: part of clothing not worn separately; non-clothing; accessories
M artificial other no: supports the human body
M artificial other no'u: not used for supporting the human body
M artificial other nu: social item
M artificial other pa: container
M artificial other pe: conduit
M artificial other pi: separator/barrier
M artificial other po: artificial component
M artificial other po'u: fastener
M artificial other pu: other artificial item
E living (imaginary) qa: god
E living: mental qa'u: mind
E nonliving: count qe: non-living energy (count noun)
E nonliving: mass qi: non-living energy (mass noun)
time qo: recurring, periodic point in time
time qo'u: non-recurring point in time
time qu: recurring, periodic interval of time
time qu'u: non-recurring interval of time
people/groups ra: group/organization
people/groups re: group member
people/groups ri: profession/endeavor
abstracts ro: abstract symbol/shape
abstracts ru: concrete symbol/shape
abstracts sa: protocol/standard/system
abstracts se: measure
abstracts si: complete performance
abstracts so: performance component
abstracts su: performance attribute
abstracts su'a: opposite of performance attribute
acts ta: speech act
acts te: activity
acts te'e: action produces a physical result
acts te'o: the action of the body is the important thing
acts ti: actions of movement through space
acts to: involuntary act
acts to'u: can be done by inanimate object
acts tu: other act
acts tu'a: deliberate conscious intent
acts tu'u: specific part of the body is used
SR va: mental state [SR]
SR va'a: opposite of mental state [SR]
SR ve: external physical relation [P/F-s]
SR ve'u: internal physical relation [SR] [P-s]
SR vi: other scalar relationship [SR]
SR vi'a: opposite of other scalar relationship [SR]
SN vo: measurable physical state [SN]
SN vo'a: opposite of measurable physical state [SN]
SN vu: other scalar non-relational state [SN]
SN vu'a: antonym of other scalar non-relational state [SN]
BR wa: kinship relation [BR]
BR wa'u: social/economic/political relation [BR]
BR we: exchange/transfer verb (AP gains possession of F) [BR]
BR we'a: opposite of exchange/transfer verb (AP loses possession of F) [BR]
BR wi: relational locative [BR]
BR wi'a: opposite of relational locative [BR]
BR wo: arithmetic function [BR]
BR wu: other binary relational state [BR]
BR wu'a: opposite of other binary relational state [BR]
BN xa: color [BN]
BN xe: living entity attribute [BN]
BN xe'a: opposite of living entity attribute [BN]
BN xu: other binary non-relational state [BN]
BN xu'a: opposite of other binary non-relational state [BN]
deictics ya r a: 1st person personal pronoun
deictics ya r e: 1st person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya r i: 1st person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya r o: 1st person locative deictic
deictics ya r u: 1st person temporal deictic
deictics ya rs a: 4th (1st+2nd) person personal pronoun
deictics ya rs e: 4th (1st+2nd) person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya rs i: 4th (1st+2nd) person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya rs o: 4th (1st+2nd) person locative deictic
deictics ya rs u: 4th (1st+2nd) person temporal deictic
deictics ya rst a: 7th (1st+2nd+3rd) person personal pronoun
deictics ya rst e: 7th (1st+2nd+3rd) person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya rst i: 7th (1st+2nd+3rd) person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya rst o: 7th (1st+2nd+3rd) person locative deictic
deictics ya rt a: 5th (1st+3rd) person personal pronoun
deictics ya rt e: 5th (1st+3rd) person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya rt o: 5th (1st+3rd) person locative deictic
deictics ya rt u: 5th (1st+3rd) person temporal deictic
deictics ya s a: 2nd person personal pronoun
deictics ya s e: 2nd person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya s i: 2nd person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya s o: 2nd person locative deictic
deictics ya s u: 2nd person temporal deictic
deictics ya st a: 6th (2nd+3rd) person personal pronoun
deictics ya st e: 6th (2nd+3rd) person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya st i: 6th (2nd+3rd) person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya st o: 6th (2nd+3rd) person locative deictic
deictics ya t a: 3rd person personal pronoun
deictics ya t e: 3rd person personal possessive adjective
deictics ya t i: 3rd person demonstrative adjective
deictics ya t o: 3rd person locative deictic
deictics ya t u: 3rd person temporal deictic
tenses ye: present tense
tenses ye'a: past tense
tenses ye'e: past+present tense
tenses ye'i: present+future tense
tenses ye'o: future tense
tenses ye'u: unspecified tense
epistemics yo: epistemic probability modality
epistemics yo'a: epistemic evidentiality modality
epistemics yo'aw: epistemic hedge modality
epistemics yo'ay: epistemic reasonableness modality
epistemics yo'e: epistemic counterfactuality modality
epistemics yo'i: epistemic acceptability modality
epistemics yo'o: epistemic significance modality
epistemics yo'u: epistemic inevitability modality
deontics yu: deontic obligation modality
deontics yu'e: deontic necessity modality
deontics yu'o: deontic consequentiality modality
genitive za: genitive/relative clause linker
genitive za'a: opposite of genitive/relative clause linker
conjunctions ze: true conjunction
numerics zi: numeric
generic root zo: true generic root
particles zu: particle