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