ti-mi · W109
timi · now, present moment (deictic) · ⏳
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| Domain | general / temporal |
| Class | temporal entity / deictic anchor |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard |
| First use | pending corpus attestation |
Composition
ti (time/sequence) + mi (self/speaker) = time-of-me = the time indexed to the speaker. Parallel to pa-mi (W110: here = place-of-me). Both are deictic anchors formed by the same domain + self-anchoring pattern.
Definition
now; the present moment; the speaker's time; temporal deictic for the interval coinciding with the speech act.
Notes
Deictic anchor: ti-mi is indexical — it refers to whatever time is current when the sentence is uttered. In written or reported speech, the anchor shifts to the time of the reported speaker. ti-mi completes the ti-[X] temporal reference family as the deictic member: ti-de (W041: past) / ti-mi (present) / ti-be (W040: future) / ti-re (W103: next cycle) / ti-fe (W037: deadline). All use ti as head. Replaces the placeholder 'ta-now' in spec/grammar.md § Temporal Frame. No CVC or CVCC form is warranted — fully compositional. Note: W111 and W112 (de-ti, be-ti) were registered in error with reversed root order and have been retired. Past = ti-de (W041); future = ti-be (W040).
Related
pa-mi (W110: here), ti-de (W041: past), ti-be (W040: future), ti-re (W103: next cycle), ti-fe (W037: deadline), ti (primitive: time/sequence), mi (primitive: self/speaker), hulm (CVCC: Julian year — calibrated temporal anchor)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S418 | ti-mi ne ka-pa-ki'ti-reThe Passover time has arrived. |
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