Parenthesis

A parenthesis (parenthetical expression) is a relative clause, introduced with vew (which), that modifies its head nonrestrictively. In other words, it provides additional, nonessential information about the head without defining it. If omitted, the subject of the parenthesis is implicitly the modified head.

Here, vew​tir asserts that dogs are good (it is excellent to be a dog). We could remove the non-restrictive modifier entirely, and the meaning of gɪgɪ ⟨gɪ⟩ — thedefinite determiner​ŋix would not change. In fact, we could split this sentence into two: tir​ŋix​gɪgɪ ⟨gɪ⟩ — thedefinite determiner​ŋix.

Restricted noun phrases, such as determiner phrases and pronouns, cannot be further modified by prepositional phrases. For instance, nʊ​tay​kwʊ (happy I) is ungrammatical. Conversely, a parenthesis can modify a restricted noun phrase.

In this example, vew​tir does not contribute to the identification of the dog, nor does it describe dogs in general; it provides extra information about a particular dog that has already been identified.