Sonda 'seat' ná hírima mi QL; mal lanye tanca ece men quere 'chairman' tambe, quetta rá quetta.
Mana nollo?

Ente, corma rá 'round' ua lai mára nin. Navin yuhtumnen aiqua lo pel-, var i sinwa quetta tyelle.

That was a good quotation, +Kevin B Walsh !
As for *sondamo, it's not my invention, either. William Womack suggested it in his news msg at Elfling 10 years ago: http://elfling.midgardsmal.com/index.php/topic,105446.msg128614.html#msg128614 - no disclaims were done since then.

Not sure if I understood you correctly. If you ask why W.W. used this particular word, I can give a couple of considerations. At first, I thought the word "hamma" was unknown at that moment. But I was wrong. The msg is dated with year 2004, the word "hamma" is given in VT45 in year 2003. So, I suppose W.W. wanted a more abstract, more "esoteric" word.

Handenyassë, taitë né i lê sanieryo. Aryavë ista er *eryë immo.
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*eryë - emph.pron., 3sn, cf. inyë.

+Ицхак Пензев cé mai enyálan, i mára canta ná esse?

I confess I still don't like *sondamo, too much the calque of the English word:-)

As a professional linguist, I can assure you: words mean what we agree them to mean. 

+Tamas Ferencz , nanwië ná lyenya, i arya canta ná essë (PE17:162).

+Ицхак Пензев that is quite true. All I'm saying is, one should resort to straight calques only when other possibilities (such as paraphrasing etc.) have been exhausted.

+Kevin B Walsh there are other possibilities, e.g. to employ the word minya 'first, principal', for instance *minyaher 'first lord', or there is the attested cáno 'leader, ruler, chieftain', perhaps compounded with lie as in *liecáno 'leader of a people'