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- 11 Jan 2021 11:00
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Funny language notes
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Re: Funny language notes
I still have the very first grammar page of Yélian, dated of March 13, 2014. Of course, everyone has to start somewhere, and linguistics isn't exactly taught at school, but from a more experienced perspective, some of it reads hilarious. Nouns are formed totally normally. Ok, Iyion, and what's that ...
- 01 Jan 2021 13:31
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Thank you for everyone who participated in the Lexember this year! In total (with additional words), I created 101 new words in Yélian this Lexember. If you have a semi-developed conlang like I do (by "semi-developed" I mean that it's not in the incubator anymore, but it's not exactly Kankonian eith...
- 31 Dec 2020 10:49
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Alas, the last word for the year! Lexember 31st - Yélian vendecam [vənˈdeːkɐm] - toast Etymology: venda "to fry, roast" + tecam "bread" Additional new words for the example sentence: ʻéniela [ˈʔeːnɪ̯əlɐ] - paprika (green or yellow), paprika powder Etymology: cross-derived from iʻeni "pepper" + ela "...
- 30 Dec 2020 10:43
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 30th - Yélian meyeia [məˈʃeːɪ̯ɐ] - to fast (abstain from food voluntarily) Etymology: meyé "sacrifice" + verbalizer -ia USAGE NOTE: if you want to emphasize what you're abstaining from (if it's not everything), you need to use the preposition can "for" muyasina [ˌmuːʃɐˈsiːnɐ] - fasting per...
- 29 Dec 2020 12:05
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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I know what stollen and lebkuchen are, but I've never heard of langos. Is that a Hungarian food? EDIT : Any word for "pfeffernuss"? Yep! It's a a deep fried flatbread with sour cream, cheese and garlic (and other variants) that for some reason surfaced on every Christmas Market in my region. And no...
- 28 Dec 2020 11:15
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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I really love the example sentence here! It doesn't sound like a stilted example sentence, but like something that a person, perhaps a businessman stuck at an airport shouting over the phone, would say. Thank you! It was a pain in the back to write this sentence, and I needed to coin half the words...
- 27 Dec 2020 11:03
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 27th - Yélian acadsóline [aːkɐdˈsoːlɨnə] - civil war Etymology: acad "citizen-, national, people's" + sóline "war" Æn'acadsólinæméricanian yiperblodut aquis an'acadienartodan yicivuvʻi an'acadie liyd deo valarnúm yivaglobet æ'crayosé. [ənˌaːkɐdˈsoːlɨnəˈmeːɾɨkɐnɪ̯ɐn ɕɨpəɾˈbloːdʉt ˈaːkɨs ɐnɐ...
- 26 Dec 2020 11:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 26th - Yélian cena [ˈkeːnɐ] - to praise, commend Etymology: cross-derivation from the root *(l)cn-, cognates include locan "much", can "for", cenia "to be worth" or loclém "banqueting hall, royal hall" Barcai tan ivabarcei? Væt, cenai sao ravel, cut ciletarai pi bei verdelota. [ˈbaɾkaɪ̯ ta...
- 25 Dec 2020 08:16
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 25th - Yélian tápuʻat [ˈtaːpʉʔɐt] - custom, rite, convention, folkway Etymology: uncertain - either tat "occurrance" or tal "event indicator" + puʻat "old", but this might be a folk etymology instead. Some sources point to Caelian dyabwet "tradition". Pun reo aoda vut ciavet tápuʻat pi tol...
- 24 Dec 2020 11:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 24th - Yélian pereyiano [ˌpeːɾəˈɕɪ̯aːno] - "fall-asleep thoughts", the kinds of thoughts you have shortly before falling asleep, having too many makes you ponder Etymology: pereʻa "to fall asleep" + yiano "thought, train of thought" Nat iytsanai desiý perínevai, treinai pereyianoparatan. [...
- 23 Dec 2020 10:56
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Vail noc attendr, i te sporn total ! Don’t bother, she’s way out of your league! /ˈvel nɔk aˈtɛn.dr̩ | i te ˈspɔrn toˈtal/ I have to admit that I haven't followed your posts closely yet, but now that I see this, I might really have to go back and study all your posts. I tried to speak it with the I...
- 22 Dec 2020 10:48
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 22nd - Yélian leʻitòivanasé [ˌleʔɨˌtɔʊ̯ʋɐnɐˈseː] - liberalism Etymology: ultimately from tòivan "freedom" leʻitòivan "freedom and equality", derived from leʻi "equal" + tòivan leʻitòivanas "liberal", derived from leʻitòivan + adjectivizer -as leʻitòivanasé finally is derived from leʻitòiva...
- 21 Dec 2020 09:01
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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Weekly Wrap Up Like the past weeks, I'm just gonna give some appreciative comments to everyone who participated in Week 3 (by order of first participation in the week). Iyionaku: Lexember 12th - Yélian vástia [ˈvastɪ̯ɐ] - wilderness Etymology: From vast "wild" + location suffix -ia I just realized ...
- 20 Dec 2020 20:02
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 20th - Yélian beitneset [bɛɪ̯tˈneːsət] - synagogue Etymology: From Hebrew בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת "beit k'neset" - synagogue U'beitneset væ Búdapest yalenbut. [ʉbɛɪ̯tˈneːsət və ˈbuːdɐpəst ʃɐˈlenbʉt] DEF.INAN=synagogue in PROP very-beautiful-COP.3SG.INAN The synagogue of Budapest is very beautiful. ...
- 19 Dec 2020 15:20
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
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Lexember 19th - Yélian tetmuyats [tətˈmuːʃɐt͡s] - gullible, credulous Etymology: tet "fast" + muya "to eat" + adjectivizer -ts . Literally "fast-eating", like a person who eats whatever they are served. Reo quepènotetmuyats yivanarseliet tyilafi can tyavunbet vat cascar o'bela. [ɾeː.o kəˈpɛnɔ̈tətˌm...
- 18 Dec 2020 16:27
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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Lexember 18th - Yélian siyva [ˈsa̯iːʋa] - sink Etymology: siyva "camel"; The first primitive sinks in Shelliania used a technology similar to how camels store their water, and only could store a finite amount. Yanàlbalt pi renim teriys ritniypbit. Renut tyaifit pun siyva. [ʃɐˈnɐlbɐl‿pi ˈɾeːnɨm ˈteː...
- 17 Dec 2020 10:46
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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Lexember 17th - Yélian ègerbica (can te'at) [ˈɛxəɾˌbiːkɐ] - to stand up (for so.) Etymology: from ègera "to protect" + bica "to say" Liydevon diyùidamveit nat to yáibal can tem cidiyèigerbicvet. [la̯iːˈdeːʋɔ̈n dɨˈʃuːdɐmvɛɪ̯t nat to ˈʃaɪ̯bɐl kɐn tem kɨdˈɕɛɪ̯xəɾˌbikvɨt] propably COND-PST-punish-COND....
- 16 Dec 2020 11:23
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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Lexember 16th - Yélian ivæscon [ɨˈʋœskɔ̈n] - chimney (chiefly the tube-like part on top of the roof that directs the smoke out of the building) Etymology: From ivór "chimney" + escon "stone" Additional words/structures for the example sentence: bicats [ˈbikɐt͡s] - evidential prefix used for actions...
- 15 Dec 2020 10:21
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
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Lexember 15th - Yélian alban [ˈalbɐn] - garlic [Kingdom standard] áliban [ˈalɨbɐn] - garlic [Provinces standard] Etymology: new root (derived from my local falafel restaurant) Vat itrop ocverdet un'alban. [vɐt ˈitɾɔ̈p ɔ̈kˈveɾdət ʉnˈalbɐn] DEM sauce exagerrate-3SG DEF.INAN=garlic This sauce contains...
- 14 Dec 2020 06:59
- Forum: Conlangs
- Topic: Lexember 2020
- Replies: 252
- Views: 11225
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I fell behind a little bit with the weekend, but here we go! Lexember 12th - Yélian vástia [ˈvastɪ̯ɐ] - wilderness Etymology: From vast "wild" + location suffix -ia I just realized that in my dictionary on my work laptop the word didn't exist, but in my dictionary on my home PC there was already a w...