Jacob Errington:
Regardless of these transformations, I have to admit that using selbri-NOI like this is *weird* in cases where the selbri isn't a noun-type selbri (having a definition of {x1 is a <something> ...})
Such thinking in itself is (AFAIC) malrarbau. There really are no such things as "noun-type" selbri. Or, conversely, all selbri are "noun-type". Name one that isn't. Any selbri that can take a LE in front of it (i.e. all of them) is noun-type. Please tell me any that aren't. I've long advocated for selbri+NOI, and I don't think it should be that difficult. I see them as ko'a broda NOI brode -> ko'a me lo broda NOI brode me'u
--gejyspa