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hremsoqaiţsurkoi ‘purportedly by means of the value derived from all the varied attributes of humanity’ LISTEN<br />

Cg = hr-, indicating PURPORTIVE validation<br />

Vr = e-, indicating Pattern 1, Stem 2 of the root plus STATIVE function<br />

Cx = -ms-, indicating the incorporated root: ‘value/cost’<br />

Vp = o, indicating Pattern 2, Stem 1, and INFORMAL designation of the incorporated root<br />

Cr = -q-, indicating the main root: ‘higher order life-form’<br />

Vc = -ai-, indicating INSTRUMENTAL case<br />

Ca = -ţs-, indicating NORMAL essence, DELIMITIVE extension, ABSTRACT perspective, COMPOSITE configuration, and VARIATIVE<br />

affiliation<br />

Vx+Cs = u+rk, the METONYMIC suffix in 9th degree, indicating the attributes/characteristics of the formative<br />

Vf = oi, indicating AMALGAMATIVE context and AUTHORITATIVE format<br />

tone = falling, indicating PROCESSUAL version<br />

stress = penultimate, indicating INFORMAL designation and UNFRAMED relation<br />

or a deliberately extreme example,<br />

Cv + VL + Cs + Vr + Cx + Vp + Cr + Vc + Ca + Vx + Cs + Vf + ’Cb + tone + stress, as in:<br />

/q h ûl-lyai’svukšei’arpîptó’ks<br />

‘...being hard to believe, after allegedly trying to go back to repeatedly inspiring fear using rag-tag groups of suspicious-looking<br />

clowns, despite resistance’ LISTEN<br />

Cv = q h , indicating ALLEGATIVE sanction plus REPETITIVE phase<br />

VL = û, indicating RESISTIVE valence<br />

Cs = l-ly, indicating REGRESSIVE aspect<br />

Vr = ai’, indicating DYNAMIC function plus Pattern 1, Stem 2 for the main root<br />

Cx = sv, indicating the incorporated root: ‘fear’<br />

Vp = u, indicating INFORMAL designation plus Pattern 3, Stem 1 for the incorporated root<br />

Cr = kš, indicating the main root: ‘fool/clown’<br />

Vc = ei’a, indicating POSTCURSIVE case<br />

Ca = rp, indicating NORMAL essence, DELIMITIVE extension, UNBOUNDED perspective, AGGREGATIVE configuration, and VARIATIVE<br />

affiliation<br />

Vx + Cs = îpt-, the GENUINENESS/VERACITY suffix in 4th degree, indicating a suspicious-looking nature<br />

Vf = o, indicating SCHEMATIC format and EXISTENTIAL context<br />

Cb = ’ks, indicating SKEPTICAL bias<br />

tone = rising, indicating INEFFECTUAL version<br />

stress = ultimate, indicating FORMAL designation for the main root<br />

2.1.2 Disambiguation of Specific Affixes Within Words<br />

Because many of the terms in the above morpho<strong>logical</strong> formula are optional, the reader might easily wonder how a speaker/reader of<br />

Ithkuil, when looking at or hearing an Ithkuil word, can possibly know which terms are actually shown in any given word, i.e., how to<br />

interpret from the given consonants and vowels in a particular word which of the optional morpho<strong>logical</strong> categories is being displayed<br />

or spoken. Or, in other words, how can one tell which slots are filled? In fact, such interpretation is indeed possible and is unambiguous<br />

due to the specific allowable consonant or vowel combinations allowed for each term, i.e., the specific consonantal or vocalic values<br />

allowed for one term are distinct from those allowed for another term which might occupy the same sequential position in a specific<br />

word. Also, as previously stated in Section 2.1.1 above and as indicated by the pattern of parentheses in the (((Cv +) VL +) Cg/Cs +)<br />

Vr + (Cx/Cv + Vp/VL +) Cr + Vc (+ Ci +Vi) + Ca (+ VxC ) (+ Vf (+ Cb)) [+ tone] [+ stress] morpho<strong>logical</strong> formula, the<br />

presence of certain terms e.g., VL, requires the presence of other terms (Ci + Vc), in order to maintain a discernible sequence<br />

which can be unambiguously differentiated.

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