/tɔ/

tɔ: point of contact

Nuclear definition (Uomé)

Point of contact, support or incidence — physical, spatial, temporal or abstract — from which something is anchored, oriented or realized.

Uses

• 1) Noun
  
  Point, base, place of support or incidence.

By extension:

• foot (part of the body that touches the ground)
  
  
• object base
  
  
• focus point or reference

2) Particle

Contact mark, approach or incidence on a point.

You can indicate:

• physical touch
• immediate targeting
• focus on a specific point
• anchor point in speech

3) Interjection

Indicates immediate presence or obvious location.

Approximate equivalent:

“here!” (tɔtūn)
“right here!”
“see?!”

The set represents the moment when something touches and fixes itself at a point, establishing a direct relationship with the world.

Derived extensions
tɔeh — present (point in time)
tɔuh — go (movement toward the point)
tɔtūn — here (point in immediate space)
tɔs̆im / tɔ — point of speech (quotation, discursive anchoring)
Examples
¡Wa e̊mā s̆ywåkrɛk Tɔ Oõh!
(I'm afraid of the Bigfoot creature!)
Ys̆tūn lo?
(Where is he? Here?!) his friend: me too!)

Observation

tɔ constitutes one of the central semantic cores of Uomé, from which notions of:

space (location)
time (present)
motion (direction)
speech (quote)

t (firm strike on the ground, impact of the step) + ɔ (anchored body weight, feeling of support and stability).

It is the point of contact with the world, from where the present (tɔeh) and the movement of going (tɔuh) are born.