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ra-su-li · W225

rasuli · sovereign; commander; ruler who commands organized force · ✅

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Domain political / military / social / narrative
Class entity (agent)
Type compound
Register standard
First use MAP-001-B (S709): la-ra-su-li si vo lo ze / la-ra-su-li ne ka-si-de

Composition

ra (force/energy) + su (structure/order) + li (agent role). Head-final: li (agent) is head; ra-su specifies the type by what the agent commands — organized force = structured martial/political power. 3-root compound. Default right-branching: ra modifies [su-li] = force [of the] structure-agent = sovereign.

Definition

one who commands organized force; sovereign; ruler; prince in the Machiavellian sense. The agent (li) defined by commanding force (ra) organized into structures (su). Distinct from li-su-li (W001: administrator/coordinator — organizes people into structures) in that ra-su-li's defining characteristic is the FORCE dimension: the sovereign commands organized power, not merely administrative structure. Distinct from wi-ra (W177: directed power/authority — a state, not an agent) and wi-ra-li (W217: spirit/divine-force-agent — a different agent type).

Notes

First attestation MAP-001-B (S709): la-ra-su-li si vo lo ze / la-ra-su-li ne ka-si-de — the ruler appears virtuous to others / [but] IS deception. The Machiavellian prince par excellence. Corresponds to Italian "principe" (The Prince) or Chinese "君主" (sovereign), not a hereditary title but a functional role: the one who wields organized force in a polity. Compare wi-ra-li (W217, spirit/divine-force-agent — sacred register, not political).

ra (force), su (structure), li (agent), wi-ra (W177: directed power — state, not agent), li-su-li (W001: administrator/coordinator — distinct by force vs people-organization), wi-ra-li (W217: spirit agent — distinct register and scope)

In the corpus

1 attestation.

S# Tonesu
S709 la-ra-su-li si vo lo ze / la-ra-su-li ne ka-si-de
The sovereign appears as one of worth to others / [but] the sovereign IS deception.
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