diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62e2d45..967a43a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ specifications: here, it's `[selector] [value] [jumpaddr]` as opposed to
 `[value] [jumpaddr] [selector]`. This has been done for more convenient
 jump programming by selecting the condition as the first operand.
 
+### Shortcut mnemonics
+
+When writing MU8A assembly (see below), programmers are allowed to use
+some shortcut mnemonics for easier code readability. Those exist for all jump
+operations and several other opcodes.
+
 The shortcut mnemonics for the jump operations are as follows:
 
 * `jeq` is a shortcut to `jmp 0` (direct jump if equals to zero)
@@ -180,6 +186,17 @@ The shortcut mnemonics for the jump operations are as follows:
 * `ine` is a shortcut to `jmp 12` (indirect jump if not equals to zero)
 * `iuc` is a shortcut to `jmp 13 0` (indirect unconditional jump)
 
+The shortcut mnemonics for other operations are as follows:
+
+* `dia` is a shortcut to `cpy 0` (direct integer assignment)
+* `dva` is a shortcut to `cpy 1` (direct value assignment)
+* `iva` is a shortcut to `cpy 2` (indirect value assignment)
+* `exp` is a shortcut to `nel 0` (natural exponent)
+* `log` is a shortcut to `nel 1` (natural logarithm)
+* `sin` is a shortcut to `tri 0` (sine)
+* `cos` is a shortcut to `tri 1` (cosine)
+* `atn` is a shortcut to `tri 2` (arctangent)
+
 ### Port input and output
 
 For the commands 3 and 4, mu808 supports optional non-zero port numbers, where
@@ -243,7 +260,7 @@ the MU8A assembly file to convert it into a plain text based machine code
 representation:
 
 1. Remove all comments (starting with `;` until the end of the line).
-2. Replace all jump shortcuts according to the above mnemonics.
+2. Replace all jump/function shortcuts according to the above mnemonics.
 3. Record the current line number N (not counting completely empty lines),
    starting with 1.
 4. Split the line into space-delimited fields (1-based numbering as well).
diff --git a/mu808asm.py b/mu808asm.py
index 12915b4..a77ea22 100755
--- a/mu808asm.py
+++ b/mu808asm.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import sys, re, struct
 mnemos = ['nop', 'jmp', 'iat', 'out', 'inp', 'set', 'cpy', 'fma',
          'sub', 'div', 'mdf', 'abs', 'sqr', 'nel', 'tri', 'rnd']
 
-# mu808 jump shortcuts
-jmp_shorts = {
+# mu808 jump/function shortcuts
+jmpfunc_shorts = {
     'jeq': 'jmp 0',    # direct jump if equals to zero
     'jgt': 'jmp 1',    # direct jump if greater than zero
     'jlt': 'jmp 2',    # direct jump if less than zero
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@ jmp_shorts = {
     'ige': 'jmp 10',   # indirect jump if greater than or equals to zero
     'ile': 'jmp 11',   # indirect jump if less than or equals to zero
     'ine': 'jmp 12',   # indirect jump if not equals to zero
-    'iuc': 'jmp 13 0'  # indirect unconditional jump
+    'iuc': 'jmp 13 0', # indirect unconditional jump
+    'dia': 'cpy 0',    # direct integer assignment
+    'dva': 'cpy 1',    # direct value assignment
+    'iva': 'cpy 2',    # indirect value assignment
+    'exp': 'nel 0',    # natural exponent
+    'log': 'nel 1',    # natural logarithm
+    'sin': 'tri 0',    # sine
+    'cos': 'tri 1',    # cosine
+    'atn': 'tri 2'     # arctangent
 }
 
 # converts the MU8A source code to the plaintext machine code representation
@@ -41,7 +49,7 @@ def assemble(source):
     out = ''
     lno = 0
     vreg = re.compile(r'\s+')
-    for shrt, meaning in jmp_shorts.items(): # replace the jump shortcuts
+    for shrt, meaning in jmpfunc_shorts.items(): # replace the shortcuts
         source = source.replace(shrt, meaning)
     for line in source.split('\n'): # parse the main code
         fields = []
@@ -107,6 +115,8 @@ def disassemble(machcode):
         if asline is not None:
             out += ' '.join(asline) + '\n'
         lno += 1
+    for shrt, meaning in jmpfunc_shorts.items(): # replace the shortcuts
+        out = out.replace(meaning, shrt)
     return out
 
 # converts the plaintext machine code representation to binary representation