different between selbri vs sumti

English

Etymology

From Lojban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?lb?i?/

Noun

selbri (plural selbri)

1. (Lojban grammar) A word acting like a predicate, which is immediately preceded by one sumti (“argument”), x₁, and usually followed by one or more sumti (“arguments”): x₂, x₃... up to no further than x₅. It is analogous to a verb in natural languages (non-constructed languages).

   A selbri together with its associated sumti (if any) forms a bridi (“sentence/predication”). A selbri without any sumti is called an observative bridi (“sentence/predication”).

Holonyms

• bridi (“sentence/predication”)

Anagrams

• birles, libers

English

Etymology

From Lojban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?m.ti/

Noun

sumti (plural sumti)

1. (Lojban grammar) an argument passed to a selbri (“predicate”)
2. (Lojban grammar) a parameter ("place") in a selbri (“predicate”)'s "place structure", which can be filled with an argument (sumti (“argument”) in the above sense)

Holonyms

• bridi (“sentence/predication”)

Derived terms

• sumti tcita i.e.: sumtcita (“preposition/extra sumti tag”)

Anagrams

• UMIST, musit, mutis, tuism, tumis