Nalvaizmiku: Import words via API

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==== valsi ====
ge'ei
==== type ====
experimental cmavo
==== creator ====
[[personal/spheniscine|spheniscine]]
==== time entered ====
Wed Jul 1 00:42:35 2015

== English ==
=== Definition #66858 - Preferred ===

==== selma'o ====
UI3a
==== definition ====
metasyntactic variable marker
==== notes ====
Explicitly marks the preceding variable, e.g. ko'a ko'e, lerfu-strings, and/or [[broda|broda]] series as being metasyntactic: i.e. having no specific meaning or referent and merely used to demonstrate syntax or hypothetical scenarios. Automatically unassigns the variable from any previous assignment. May also be used for pronouns like [[mi|mi]] or [[do|do]] or [[dei|dei]]. This is useful to refer to [[mi|mi]] as a 'first-person pronoun' rather than the actual speaker themself, for example, when giving the definition of [[mi'o|mi'o]]: '[[mi|mi]] [[ge'ei|ge'ei]] [[jo'u|jo'u]] [[do|do]] [[ge'ei|ge'ei]]', makes it clear that the speaker doesn't literally mean the speaker and the listener, but are using [[mi|mi]] and [[do|do]] metasyntactically. Similarly, one might define [[mi|mi]] as '[[lo|lo]] [[cusku|cusku]] [[be|be]] [[dei|dei]] [[ge'ei|ge'ei]]'. See [[ge'ai|ge'ai]], [[da'o|da'o]]
==== gloss words ====

<ul><li>[[natlang/en/metasyntactic variable marker|metasyntactic variable marker]]</li></ul>

==== created by ====
[[personal/spheniscine|spheniscine]]
==== vote information ====
4

==== time ====
Thu Jul 30 13:36:22 2015

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=== Etymology ===

ge'ei - Revision history

Nalvaizmiku: Import words via API