Common Lexeme

lis

Keywords: discourse

Pronunciation (IPA): lis 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: noxaj 
Forms: lis, lisys 
Glosses: meaning, intention, mean, intend, meaningful, intentional 

Description:

The term 'lis' refers to both meaning and intention.

Noun:

As a noun, 'lis' refers to a meaning or intention.

Verb:

As a verb, 'lis' means to mean or to intend. It is a semitransitive noxaj verb of desire, taking an absolutive meaner or intender, which can be either an entity or an act or message of some kind, and a dative interpretation.

'Lis' can be used as a chained modifying term to state that an action is, was or is intended, but tends to express implicit doubt in the outcome.

Optionally, a causative form can be used where instead of having an absolutive meaner that can be a message or the source of the message, the source of the message is expressed in the ergative case, the message is expressed in the absolutive case, and the meaning still in the dative.

Modifier:

As a modifier, 'lisys' is a way of saying that something contains meaning or has an intention.

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