selbri

English

Etymology

From Lojban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlbɹiː/

Noun

selbri (plural selbri)

1. (Lojban grammar) A word acting like a predicate, which is immediately preceded by one sumti (“argument”), $x_{1}$, and usually followed by one or more sumti (“arguments”): $x_{2}$, $x_{3}$... up to no further than $x_{5}$. 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

• libers, birles, libres