zi-ka · W105

zika · transaction, intentional exchange event · ⏳

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Domain	social / exchange / commerce
Class	event / process
Type	compound
Register	standard / social / formal
First use	pending corpus attestation

Composition

zi (mutual/coupling event) + ka (intentional action) — intentional mutual transformation. Head-final: ka (intentional action) is head; zi specifies that the action involves simultaneous bilateral transformation rather than one agent acting on a patient.

Definition

transaction; intentional exchange event; a deliberate coupled event in which two agents mutually act on each other, with each party's action simultaneously responsive to and shaping the other's. The zi event in the domain of intentional action.

Notes

TRIAGE NOTE (March 2026): 2 corpus matches, both in retroactive cross-reference note on S194 (added when zi was admitted). No independent sentence yet uses zi-ka in its own right. Promote when an organic attestation exists. The social-domain zi compound. Covers negotiation, trade, ritual exchange, any deliberate coupled social event where both parties revise position simultaneously. Distinguishes the exchange-event from mere interaction (ne-ka = action-relation, i.e. a pattern of acting on each other) and from one-way action (la-X ka lo-Y). Extends naturally: zi-ka-su = institution of exchange (market, treaty body); zi-ka-li = exchange partner / counterpart.

Related

zi (primitive: mutual/coupling event), ka (primitive: intentional action), wi-to-ki (intentional stance revision, S194), ne (relation)

In the corpus

3 attestations.

S#	Tonesu
S202	la-zo-se-so-li zi-ka lo-li The dog greeted the person.
S218	la-mi zi-ka lo-tu I greet you.
S263	la-wi-pu'zo-se-so-li ka lo-zo , la-li-ne'zo-se-so-li zi-ka lo-li The wolf hunted prey; the dog greeted the person.
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