I propose that when defining a brivla in Lojban, ko'a, ko'e, ... be used for the terbri, and da, de, di be used for variables internal to the definition. If the first pro-sumti is omitted, it is assumed to be ko'a. For example: mudri: marji lo stani be lo tricu be ko'e panzi: da tsiju ko'e ko'a phma