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Stage 4 — Derived vocabulary

The derived registry has 219 registered entries. Every one of them is parseable from its roots using the rules from Stages 1 and 2. This stage works through four productive root families and builds towards four-root compound drills.

How to read a registry entry

Every derived form has the same structure:

  • Form: the written compound (no hyphens)
  • Parse: roots in analytical order (to + su + ki)
  • Head: rightmost root — what category the compound belongs to
  • Modifier chain: everything to the left — what kind

You already have this skill. to-su-ki = to + [su-ki] — knowledge + structured- change = comprehend (enter organized knowledge). The parse follows automatically once you know the roots.

Cluster 1 — Growth, decay, and directed action

Three roots drive most vocabulary involving things that happen to things:

Root Gloss Direction
be growth / generation / increase building up, emergence
de decay / decrease / end breaking down, entropy, loss
ka intentional action deliberate acts

be and de are directed complements. Their combination is the engine of restoration vocabulary.

de-be — repair / restore (W035)

de   +   be   =   de-be
decay   growth   =   restore (growth that reverses decay)

Head: be (growth/production). Modifier: de (what is being reversed). de-be = growth directed at decay = restoration, repair.

Contrast de-be with ka-de-be:

  • de-be names the restorative act or state
  • ka-de-be = ka + [de-be] = something intentionally takes the restorative action
  • In a particle sentence: la-mi ka-de-be lo-re-mu = I am repairing the generator

The ka- prefix marks deliberate agency. Strip it and you describe the state; keep it and you describe the agent's action.

to-su-ki — comprehend (W025)

to   +   su   +   ki   =   to-su-ki
knowledge  structure  change  =  enter organized knowledge

Right-branching: to + [su-ki]. su-ki = structured motion = entering a structure. to-su-ki = knowledge-entry = the cognitive act of arriving at organized understanding.

Exercise 1 — Repair

Repair is growth that reverses decay: pick the two roots in order.

Explanation

Head: be (growth). Modifier: de (decay). de-be = growth that addresses decay = restoration, repair.

ka-de-be = the deliberate act of repairing. In particle sentences: la-mi ka-de-be lo-re-mu = I am repairing the generator.

The pattern extends: ka-{any compound} = deliberately perform that compound's action. ka-ne-to = deliberately engage in mutual acknowledgment.

Cluster 2 — The ne-* relation family

ne (relation / connection) is one of the most productive modifier roots. Every ne-* compound names a type of relational bond or coupling.

Form W# Parse Gloss
ne-su W031 relation + structure network, society, organization
ne-de W091 relation + decay bond dissolution
ne-fe W042 relation + boundary dependency condition, requirement
ne-no-ra W171 relation + no-force peace (relation without force)
ne-ra W058 relation + force/energy resonance, energetic coupling
ne-ra-ki W059 relation + force + motion attune, enter resonance
ne-to W084 relation + knowledge mutual acknowledgment, agreement
ne-to-fe W165 relation + knowledge + boundary covenant, formally bounded agreement

Two entries worth pausing on:

ne-to (W084): ne (relation) + to (conceptual pattern) = a relation characterized by shared conceptual alignment = acknowledgment, agreement. la-yu ka-ne-to = we mutually acknowledged.

ne-no-ra (W171): ne + no-ra = relation + force-absence = relation without force. Peace is defined compositionally as the relational state where force is absent — not as a separate concept, but as a consequence of what is not in the relation.

Compare the productive mirror between ne-ra (resonance, energetic coupling) and ne-no-ra (peace, coupling without force). The negation prefix no- does the work.

ne-ra-ki (W059): three roots: ne + [ra-ki]. ra-ki = force-motion = energetic movement. ne-ra-ki = relational-energetic-change = attunement. The right-branching rule applies: ki is the head (motion/change), ra-ki is the inner compound, ne modifies the whole.

Exercise 2 — Attunement

Attunement is entering a state of relational energetic alignment: relation + force + motion/change. Three roots, in order.

Explanation

Parse: ne + [ra-ki]. First: ra-ki = force-motion = powered movement. Then: ne-[ra-ki] = relational + powered-movement = attunement.

ki is the head (motion/change). ra modifies ki → powered motion. ne modifies ra-ki → relational version of powered motion = entering resonance.

The ' juncture is not needed here because the default right-branching gives the correct reading.

Cluster 3 — The fa-* affect family

fa was added to the primitive set as affective substrate — the root for emotional quality, the felt texture of experience. Every fa-* compound names a type of affect by specifying its character through the operator head.

Form W# Parse Gloss
fa-vo W197 affect + value/worth happiness, positive-valence affect
fa-ra W154 affect + force/power fear or awe, forceful affect
fa-de W094 affect + decay affect fading, waning feeling
fa-no W095 affect + absence affect inactive, numbness

The heads are all roots you already know — vo, ra, de, no — applied to the fa substrate. This is the Stage 2 operator pattern extended to a new domain.

fa-ra (W154): fa (affect) + ra (force/power) = an affect characterized by overwhelming force — terror or awe, depending on context. The word carries no inherent valence; context determines the reading. A soldier facing an impossible enemy and a witness to the divine both experience fa-ra.

fa-vo (W197): fa + vo (value/worth) = an affect of positive valuation = happiness, joy. Literally: affect whose character is worth.

fa-de (W094): fa + de (decay) = affect decaying = fading feeling, the waning of emotional investment.

The root fa on its own names the raw fact of having emotional experience — no valence attached. The head root supplies the character.

Exercise 3 — Which form means fear or awe?

One of these fa-* compounds names a forceful, overwhelming affect — the one that stops you or lifts you. The head root tells you the character of the feeling.

Explanation

fa-ra = affect (fa) + force/power (ra) = an affect characterized by overwhelming force — terror, awe, the experience of magnitude.

fa-vo = affect + worth = happiness, positive-valence experience. fa-de = affect + decay = fading affect, the waning of feeling.

fa-no (W095, not in the exercise) = affect + absence = numb — the affect is absent rather than present in any character.

Cluster 4 — Four-root parse drills

Five rules handle any compound, any length:

  1. Rightmost root is the head.
  2. Default parse is right-branching: A-B-C-D = A + [B + [C + D]].
  3. ' overrides default: the right side of ' binds first.
  4. Peel from right to left: head → compound modifying it → next, etc.
  5. Every root contributes — no decoratives.

Drill: to-fe-su-ki (W097)

to - fe - su - ki

Right-branching:  to + [fe + [su + ki]]

Step 1:  su + ki    = structure + motion          = structured movement / organized process
Step 2:  fe + [su-ki]  = boundary + structured-move  = bounded organized process
Step 3:  to + [fe-su-ki] = knowledge + bounded-process = formal knowledge-bounded
                                                          organized process

W097 gloss: epistemic ruling crossing to public force — the moment a formal determination moves from declared-knowledge status into enforceable action.

The head is ki (motion). The compound describes a knowledge-bounded organized movement — institutional judgment that becomes active in the world.

Drill: to-ki'ne-su (W202)

to - ki ' ne - su

' after ki:  [to-ki] + [ne-su]

Step 1:  [to-ki]   = knowledge + change  = computation, reasoning process
Step 2:  [ne-su]   = relation + structure = network (relational structure)
Step 3:  [to-ki] + [ne-su]  = computational + networked
                             = a networked computing system

W202 gloss: online platform; networked computing system. The ' is required: without it, to-ki-ne-su parses as to + [ki + [ne-su]] = knowledge + [motion + [relational structure]] — wrong reading.

This is the ' juncture from Stage 2 in a four-root chain. The apostrophe forces the correct grouping; it is not optional here.

Exercise 4 — Head of a four-root compound

In to-fe-su-ki, which root is the head?

Explanation

ki (motion) is the head — the rightmost root, always. The compound describes a kind of motion: structured (su-ki), bounded (fe-su-ki), knowledge-governed (to-fe-su-ki) = an institutional judgment coming into force.

Peel: ki → su-ki (organized process) → fe-su-ki (officially bounded process) → to-fe-su-ki (knowledge-bounded official process). Each step adds one modifier, each time producing a more specific kind of motion.

Derived forms in this stage

Form W# Roots Gloss
de-be W035 de + be repair, restoration
to-su-ki W025 to + su + ki comprehend, enter organized knowledge
ne-su W031 ne + su network, society, organization
ne-de W091 ne + de bond dissolution
ne-fe W042 ne + fe dependency condition, requirement
ne-no-ra W171 ne + no + ra peace, relation without force
ne-ra W058 ne + ra resonance, energetic coupling
ne-ra-ki W059 ne + ra + ki attune, enter resonance
ne-to W084 ne + to mutual acknowledgment, agreement
ne-to-fe W165 ne + to + fe covenant, formally bounded agreement
fa-vo W197 fa + vo happiness, positive-valence affect
fa-ra W154 fa + ra fear or awe, forceful affect
fa-de W094 fa + de affect fading, waning feeling
fa-no W095 fa + no affect inactive, numbness
to-fe-su-ki W097 to + fe + su + ki formal epistemic ruling coming into force
to-ki'ne-su W202 to + ki + ne + su networked computing system, online platform

New root introduced: fa — affective substrate, emotional quality. Primitive (closed set, added March 2026).

Next

Stage 5 — Scope prefixes introduces the five V-prefix scope modifiers: a- (abstract/universal), i- (particular/precise), u- (interior/foundational), o- (collective), and e- (in-process). One prefix character shifts an entire compound's register — from a disciplinary scholar (to-li) to a sage (a-to-li), from a count of people (pu-li) to a community as a unified body (o-li).