Thanks for the replies. I've just been discussing this on IRC and had a similar response, and basically that the place structure is the same order as the sumti are given in the lujvo definition (e.g. "g1 defines t2 into form t1" == "x1 defines x2 into form x3").
While we're on the subject of tamgau, I'm not sure I really understand that definition. The use of the word *into* implies some transformation. That doesn't fit with my understanding of the concept of "definition", which I understand to mean "give a description of the meaning of". The meaning described by the jbovlaste feels more like "conceptualises".
Indeed, {tamgau} is probably inappropriate for discussing definitions of words. {tarmi} itself appears poorly understood by the commmunity as a whole.
I usually just use ciksi when discussing what the definition of a word is (according to ciksi1), but I suppose that {jdice lo du'u makau smuni} could be used for the sense of "ascribe a meaning to something".
.i mi'e la tsani mu'o
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