zo-si · W069
zosi · spirit, disembodied living agent · ✅
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| Domain | spiritual / mystic / biological |
| Class | entity / agent |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard / philosophical / religious |
| First use | S085 |
Composition
zo (living organism) + si (signal/representation) — a living entity that exists as signal. Head-final: si (signal) is head; zo specifies that the signal has the character of a living entity.
Definition
spirit; disembodied living agent; an entity whose existence consists of signal without physical substrate.
Notes
KEEP DISTINCT FROM zo-to (W068). zo-si = a living entity that is signal without body — a ghost, spirit, non-physical agent. Used in agent (la) slot (S085): grammatically valid — the la slot does not require physically embodied agents (established from la-wi-ka-su, la-se-ka, la-wi-ze). zo-si as an agent is a non-physical actor with living-entity properties. Metaphysical neutrality: using zo-si does not commit the speaker to the ontological claim that spirits are real. Tonesus describing a doctrine use zo-si as a technical term for what the doctrine asserts.
Related
zo (living), si (signal), zo-to (W068), zo-se-ki (W060)
Examples
"la-zo-si lo-pa-wi-ka-su no-de" — the spirits preserve the shrine (S085)
In the corpus
2 attestations.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S085 | la-zo-si lo-pa-wi-ka-su no-deThe spirits preserve the ritual place. |
| S360 | la-zo-si de-past , la-zo-to no-de-pastThe spirit departed; the soul remained. |
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