Appendix:Lojban/zvati

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: zai — 在 (zài)
• English: at — at
• Hindi: upastit — उपस्थित (upasthit)
• Spanish: asist — asistir
• Russian: prisutstvav — присутствовать (prisutstvovatʹ)
• Arabic: xadir — حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvati/

Root

zvati (rafsi zva)

1. (be (present/located)) at; x₁ (object/event) is at/attending/present at x₂ (event/location [refers to a nonce location for an object/activity that is mobile])

   la jan. cu zvati le barja

   Zhang is at the bar.

Usage notes

• The gismu zvati has a simplest gloss translation of "be" as in "be (located at)": it need not have any connotation of purposefully or intentionally being somewhere as in "attend (an event)" or "be present (at an assembly)".

See also

• cabna
• cpana (“upon”)
• diklo (“local”)
• jbini (“between”)
• jibni (“near”)
• jmive
• jundi
• lamji (“adjacent”)
• nenri
• se vasru
• stuzi
• tcini
• vitke
• xabju