de-li · W223
deli · adversary; agent of harm; opposing agent · ✅
← Word Registry · Building words
| Domain | military / conflict / social / narrative |
| Class | entity (agent) |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard |
| First use | AOW-001-C (S704): ra-no-fe : la-de-li ne de-ra no go-si ka-ra |
Composition
de (decrease/harm) + li (social agent / person). Head-final: li (agent) is head; de specifies the type of agent by effect — one whose agency causes decrease. Mirror of be-li (W056: benefactor = increase-agent).
Definition
an agent whose defining effect on a counterpart is decrease or harm; adversary; opposing agent; enemy. Head li (social agent/person), modified by de (decrease/harm): the person whose agency causes decrease. Covers military enemy, legal adversary, competitive opponent — any agent positioned in opposition whose agency tends toward the counterpart's decrease. Distinct from de-zo-li (W089: personified death) which carries mythological loading; de-li is a relational role term.
Notes
First attestation AOW-001-C (S704). Part of the know-yourself triptych (S705–S707). Used as la-de-li (the adversary, agent-marked) throughout S704–S707. Intentionally relational: de-li is "adversary" only relative to a counterpart — there is no absolute de-li in Tonesu, only contextually adversarial roles.
Related
de (decrease/harm), li (social agent), be-li (W056: benefactor), de-zo-li (W089: personified death), ka-ra (W222: combat), de-ra (compositional: defeat / force-decrease)
In the corpus
6 attestations.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S704 | ra-no-fe : la-de-li ne de-ra no go-si ka-raAs for supreme excellence: the adversary is in a state of defeat, not via combat. |
| S705 | go {la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne no-de-raIf I have organized knowledge of the adversary and of myself: all combat is free of defeat. |
| S706 | go {la-mi to-su lo-mi ; no la-mi to-su lo-de-li}, ka-ra ne be-ra / ka-ra ne de-raIf I know myself but not the adversary: combat is [sometimes] victory / [sometimes] defeat. |
| S707 | go {no la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; no la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne de-raIf I have neither knowledge of the adversary nor of myself: all combat results in defeat. |
| S717 | du-be-go-li ne de-li lo be-go-liThe product-of-the-producer is an adversary to the producer. |
| S856 | la-to-su si lo-de-li / la-wi-ra-ki ka-de lo-de-li"Ideology designates the enemy; terror destroys them." |
| --- |
Generated from registry/entries.yaml.