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Lexember 17 Weddisch kêmpe /kɛmpə/ 1. (transitive/reciprocal) to fight 2. (intransitive) to struggle 3. (intransitive) to strive for something (weak, 3S present kêmpes , past tense kêmped , past participle kêmped , auxiliary hawe ) vychte /vɛɪxtə/ 1. (intransitive) to fight, engage in battle or war...

Lexember 16 Weddisch beweye /bəˈvɛɪ.ə/ 1. (intransitive) to exercise (for the purpose of physical fitness) 2. (intransitive) to move around (strong 3c, third person singular present bewys , past tense bewaw , past participle bewowe , auxiliary hawe ) Beweye and other verbs derived from weye ultimat...

Fell pretty far behind so I think I'm going to stick to Weddisch just to catch up. If I have time, I might post catch up words for Yemya too. Weddisch Lexember 11 gresmaumaschien (pl. gresmaumaschienes ) /gɾɛzmaʊmaʒiːn/ 1. lawnmower Lexember 12 rêde /redə/ 1. (transitive) to rescue, save (weak, thir...

The initials in the reconstructed forms #1 and #9 were quite unexpected. What could have led to their assumption? #9 is just a typo. The proto form was *ku . #1 is pretty simple, actually: r > n / __ [+nasal]. It was my mistake to put that word, since obviously no one could reconstruct that form wi...

Answers I'll start with the language family, then do the groupings, and then finally show the reconstructions. These are five languages from the Mississippi Valley branch of the Siouan langauge family. Language groups Group 1 A = Hoocąk D = Chiwere Group 2 C = Kanza E = Omaha-Ponca Group 3 B = Lakot...

shimobaatar wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021 15:44 Interesting idea! I'd like to give this a shot at some point, but due to the time limit, Lexember, and offline responsibilities, I'm afraid I'm going to have to sit this first round out.

Yeah, I chose the time poorly. I also think I may have poorly curated my dataset.

So, I'm sorry that I didn't get back to you sooner. You have gotten most of the guesses pretty close. Since no one else has played, I'm going to end the game and post the answers in a separate post. But if you want to make another guess, please feel free to. Second attempt: I have revised (2) to /nã...

Lexember 10

Weddisch
rek
/rɛk/
1. rake

rekke
/rɛkə/
1. to rake

Yemya
svattra
/sʋɑtːɾɑ/
1. bed

Lexember 9

Weddisch
lean
/lɛːn/
1. salary
2. wage

Yemya
djen
/d͡ʝen/
1. money
2. cash
3. currency

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 錢 /d͡ziᴇn/

Lexember 8

Weddisch
buitsche ~ buike
/bœɪd͡ʒə/ ~ /bœɪkə/
1. clothes hanger

Literally “little bow” from bow plus the diminutive suffix -tsche/-ke, which triggers I-umlaut.

Yemya
ola
/olɑ/
1. awl

Lexember 7

Three for one today for Weddisch, since the words are all closely related.

Weddisch
bord
/boɾd/
1. table
2. side of ship
3. plank of wood (now rare)

mêtbord
/metboɾd/
1. dining table

wrytbord
/vɾɛɪtboɾd/
1. desk

Yemya
dvar
/dʋɑɾ/
1. door

Lexember 6 Weddisch mêtkleav /metklɛːv/ ~ /meklɛːv/ 1. pantry From OE mete "food" and clēafa "cleft, room, chasm." Yemya brauthra /bɾaʊtʰɾɑ/ 1. pot 2. cauldron From PIE *bʰrewh₁- "to boil, brew" **** Shimo Glad to see more of Weddisch, especially since all of my German...

Guesses 1. Most probable protoform: /nõːpa/ ~ /nṹ:pa/ This is very close. The first consonant is wrong, but I'm inclined to give it to you, since I don't know if you'll be able to reconstruct it based on the evidence. 2. Most probable protoform: /nãk: jw á/ You're on the right track, but you've got ...

Lexember 5

Weddisch
bêsem
/bezəm/
1. broom

From OE besma “broom”

Yemya
grada
/ɡɾɑdɑ/
1. house
2. enclosed space
3. barn
4. homestead

From PIE * gʰr̥dʰós.

Oh, I'm really sorry! [not just for messing up your plans, but also selfishly because I thought it might be rather fun to have two germanic languages in a row...]. I hope you change your mind - as I say above, I'm hopeful that it'll just be a few more days. No need to apologize. If you are able to ...

Sure thing. No one has guessed so far. Just put them in the threads in a spoiler.

Lexember 4 Weddisch gedaat /ɡədaːt/ 1. rhetorical question particle, can be translated as “who knows” or “I don’t know” to indicate either that anything is possible or that anyone other than the speaker knows the answer to a question. Ex: Ven vil hù hyve? Gedaat… “When will she get married?” “Who k...

Day 3: Weddisch
er /ə/
1. expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty
2. conversational space filler

Yemya
haś /hɑɕ/
1. to say

For the sake of time, I’ll pull out of this relay. That way ring one can just end when Salmoneus is finished with their torch. Lexember is using up enough of my time. I’ll catch the next relay.

Day 2: Weddisch eak /ɛːk/ 1. also, too, as well Ex: Ik haw eak aan hunn. /ɪk hav ɛːk aːn hʊnː/ “I have a dog too.” 2. used as an intensifier, really, very Ex: Kanst du my mid myn huuswerk helpe? Du art eak glik! /kanst duː miː mɪd mɛɪn huːsvɛɾk hɛlpə | duː aɾt ɛːk ɡlɪk/ “Can you help me with my hom...