copula

n. word that links a subject with its predicate (Grammar); connecting part (bone, ligament)

In linguistics, a copula is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement or an adverbial). Although it might not itself express an action or condition, it serves to equate (or associate) the subject with the predicate. The word 'copula' originates from the Latin noun for a "link or tie" that connects two different things (for a short history of the copula see the appendix to Moro 1997 and references cited there).
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v. copulate

n. copula, word that links a subject with its predicate (Grammar); connecting part (bone, ligament)

v. copulate, mate, couple

n. copula, word that links a subject with its predicate (Grammar); connecting part (bone, ligament)

v. copulate