This is the word for ‘dot’, and in this sentence refers specifically to the dot that occurs under long vowels and doubled sonorants.
Creating this word, I thought I was using an unclaimed stem syllable, but when I checked the dictionary to make sure, I found that the word for ‘kidney’ used the same stem, and I decided that would not do. So I changed the word for ‘kidney’ to use the (probably unrelated) stem –sÄ“ss-. This makes the pronunciation of ‘dot’ [ja zeË za] and ‘kidney’ [sa zeË‘s sÄ•]. This led to a tongue twister I will share with you later.
temme Ä“ jaÃ¾Ä“Î»i ien jakÄ Änen ansÄorÄ«ki ien jaxÅ«na Änen anrÅ«Ä“li Ä« xiÄ“n jÄ“ jÄxÄ«sse jÄ«lke Ä« jÄo ja la sÅ«jatÄ Ä“ jÄo sÅ«jÅl ien jiÄ“xa Änen jasÄ“si Ä« jÅrrisi Ä“ jatatÄ“n ien Ã±i jÄ«lkena cÄ“ jaÃ¾Ärre Årra Ä“ jawÄÃ±Ã±erÄÃ±i jÄ«Ã¾i nÄ Ä«;
He said to him the ideas: the doings of consonants; the pattern of vowels, and also concerning the writing line and that which is beneath it and that above it; the usefulness of dots…