Mr. Intension
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While Mr. Bird may be considered an extension, it seems that his name can be used as an intensional reference. "I'm looking for a bird -- any bird.", "I am looking for Mr. Bird". Also, since intension seems closely related to abstractions, tu'a looks like it can signal intension. But more explicitly, an intensional reference to a Doctor is lo jai ka mikce, with jai of course not performing a place reordering but raising the sumti out of the abstractor in the first place, turning the meaning into "one or more things that have the property of being a Doctor". -- The Pentagon group believed it had a visionary strategy that would transform Iraq into an ally of Israel, remove a potential threat to the Persian Gulf oil trade and encircle Iran with U.S. friends and allies...