Legend: Definitions, Terms, <Text>, [IPA], -Tags-, and "Glosses".
The glyph components are shown in the 1st image. Each glyph consists of 2 short components, one on top of the other, with a tall component to the left. Compound glyphs are head-left, modifier-right.
Some glyph samples are shown in the 2nd image.
Numeric glyphs consist of short component pairs with the delimiters shown in the 3rd image. Short components have numeric values from 0 to 19 (base 20), following the order in the image; each pair represents a base 400 digit. The top short component represents the more significant digit of the pair. The most significant pair of each sequence is on the left. The entire number is contained within parentheses. If the number is negative, the negative number symbol appears 1st. Next is the integral part, consisting of a sequence of at least 1 pair (except it may be omitted if the fractional part appears). After that is the fractional part which, if it appears, consists of the fractional delimiter followed by a sequence of at least 1 pair. Finally, there may be an exponent consisting of a positive or negative exponent delimiter followed by a sequence of at least 1 pair. Omitted parts have the value 0.
Some number samples are shown in the 4th image.
Any non-scalar verb can be used as a noun, i.e. the verb glyph is placed in a noun enclosure. The possessum connecting point of the noun corresponds to the patient, theme, or locatee connecting point of the verb. The possessor connecting point of the noun corresponds to the recipient or beneficiary connecting point of the verb. For all other participant roles, a derivational prefix is needed; these are shown in the following table:
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Erg- | agent, donor, or actor | ||
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Ins- | instrument | ||
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Loc- | location | ||
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Tmp- | time when | ||
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Abl- | source, manner, or degree | ||
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Scalar verbs can't be used directly as participant nouns, since the meaning depends on the direction symbol. Instead, the directional prefixes are used to complete the noun. These are shown in the following table:
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GT- | positive direction | ||
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LT- | negative direction | ||
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EQ- | normative direction | ||
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The foreign word is rendered, possibly arbitrarily, by the modifier part of the compound. The head of the compound is a native noun (or verb) which classifies the compound. Examples:
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current date: 2015.Dec.06 Sun
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