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Word: claco'a [jbovlaste] Type: lujvo Gloss Word: caudal end in the sense of "anatomy" Gloss Word: inferior end in the sense of "human anatomy" Gloss Word: posterior end in the sense of "zootomy" Definition: $co_1$ is a/the anterior (zootomy)/cranial/cephalic end (anatomy)/superior end (human anatomy) of body/object $cl_1$; $co_1$ (subevent) is at the starting point of long event/time-intervall $cl_1$. Notes: Metaphor: A tree grows in its long direction, with the roots as its starting point (co'a) and the crown as its ending point (co'u). Standard anatomical term to avoid ambiguity. In vertebrate usually the head, in invertebrate the end with a mouth (or equivalent structure), or the end that usually points in the direction of the organism's locomotion. See also anterior/superior absolute position (claco'uklo), anterior/superior relative position (claco'umau), posterior/inferior end (claco'u), anteroposterior (A-P) axis (selcla), ventral/anterior end (befco'u), dorsal/posterior end (tolbefco'u).