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Word: claco'u [jbovlaste] Type: lujvo Gloss Word: anterior end in the sense of "zootomy" Gloss Word: cephalic end in the sense of "anatomy" Gloss Word: cranial end in the sense of "anatomy" Gloss Word: fore in the sense of "nautical" Gloss Word: nose in the sense of "skateboard" Gloss Word: superior end in the sense of "human anatomy" Definition: $co_1$ is a/the anterior (zootomy)/cranial/cephalic end (anatomy)/superior end (human anatomy)/fore/bow (nautical)/nose (skateboard etc), of body/object $cl_1$; $co_1$ (subevent) is at the ending 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, but not restricted to anatomical objects. 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. In most animals the same as the front (=craraipau), but in humans the same as the top (=gapraipau). See also anterior/superior absolute position (claco'uklo), anterior/superior relative position (claco'umau), posterior/inferior end (claco'a), anteroposterior (A-P) axis (selcla), ventral/anterior end (befco'u), dorsal/posterior end (tolbefco'u/bekpyco'u).