zipcpi: scalar modifiers

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This table describes a plan to have a system of scalar modifiers for selbri and sumtcita, to replace or provide an alternative for common usage of {mutce}, {milxe} etc. tanru.

Experimental cmavo added by me has a single asterisk; experimental cmavo added by others has a double asterisk.

Note: {va'e} may also be substituted with {va'ei**}; difference is that {PAva'e} acts as a selbri, while {PAva'ei} acts as a tense/sumtcita (tagged sumti, if present, indicates the scale or subjective frame of reference)

Description NAhE NAI/CAI PAva'e selbri
polar negator to'e ne'e** ni'uva'e dukti
denial negator na'e nai nova'e? natfe
midpoint negator no'e cu'i nova'e? ?
scalar affirmative je'a ja'ai su'ova'e / ma'uva'e jetnu
scalar abator rei'e* ru'e so'uva'e milxe
scalar normative noi'e* na'oi** no'ova'e cnano
scalar intensifier sai'e* sai so'iva'e mutce
strong scalar intensifier cai'e* cai so'isaiva'e / so'icaiva'e tcetce
scalar question pai'e*‡ pei'a*† xova'e -

‡ Already defined as {je'ai}; but somehow it doesn't seem like a question-word to me.

† Initially suggested by la ctefa'o as an attitudinal intensity question, but not added. May also be used for that purpose.

Note that though attitudinals use NAI/CAI as well, they do not follow this system, but have their own defined scales; in particular, {nai} tends to more often act as a polar negator rather than a denial negator with them.