baxl a pa̠ʔ⁶⁶ a³³adv.副probably; seems可能吧/kěnéng ba/Yar giel no baxl a. 他可能病了吧。It seems that from what I see/probably she is sick.Eilni giel almer lei var baxl a. 今天可能会下雨吧。It seems from the change in the weather/probably today, on the contrary, it will rain.Yar sirzzi dae baxl a. 他可能在生气吧。It seems from what I see that/probably she is angry.Mi lei a baxl a. 可能地震了吧。It seems from what I feel/probably there is an earthquake. The speaker feels the earth quake a little, but is not at the epicenter, so is not entirely sure if a real earthquake is happening.Yar yix hor kal dae a baxl a. 他可能烤着鸡肉了吧。It seems from what I smell/probably she is baking chicken./baxl/ is an evidential operator; /a/ is the current relevant state. Together they indicate that the speaker makes an inference based on sensory information. The speaker also communicates that he/she is not extremely confident of the inference that has been made, though it is based on reliable sensory information. /baxl a/ is similar to /boxllor/ and /naer/, which are inference evidentials that express deductions based on the speaker’s prior knowledge or experience. The difference between the two is that /boxllor/ is an inference which is based on general knowledge or even conjecture; while /baxl a/ is an inference based on sensory input. /boxllor/ can not be used in 1st person contexts to comment on the 1st person agent’s feelings. Someone who does not possess sensory information can not use /baxl a/ to form the following utterance, which indicates that the speaker made an inference based on sensory input. /baxl a/ is not often used in 1st person contexts; it cannot be used to comment on a 1st person agent’s feelings. (Judi Merrifield)The falling pitch is intonation, not tone.baxl a pa̠ʔ⁶⁶ a³³

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