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Alot, if not most of the choices were the good old 'simply because i wanted to' (including this one). But i guess i could give you a conworld-contextual explanation for the rest. When conlanging this is as good a reason as any. I meant to say that when articles are not used, it means the object/thi...

vowels: /a/, /e/, /o/, /u/ consonants: /p/, /d/, /k/, /m, /n/, /v/, /z/, /ʃ/, /x/, /j/, /l/ I like the sounds here and the very minimalistic phonology. I noticed there are several unusual phonological gaps such as there being no /i/ and several voiced consonants /d v z/ without their voiceless coun...

Lexember 10 Yemya phavra /pʰɑʋrɑ/ n. “fire, hearth, stove” from *péh₂wr̥ “fire” Yinše caaporoš /t͡saːpóroʃ/ n. “onion” specifically refers to a small, cultivated onion the bulbs of which are rather small by our standards (24-40mm). From caa “wild onion” and poro “to be round” plus the nominalizer -...

Lexember 9

Yemya
rautsna /rautsnɑ/ n. “copper” from PIE *h₁rewdʰ “red”

Yinše
c’apar /t͡sʼapar/ n. “bronze” Likely a Wanderwort. Bronze is a rare trade commodity for the Yinše due to the lack of locally sourced tin.

Lexember 8 Yemya phaiśa /pʰaiɕɑ/ n. “letter (symbol)” from PIE *peyḱ phinś /pʰinɕ/ v. “to write” from the same root Yinše šuuraš /ʃuːraʃ/ n. “wine, alcoholic beverage” from šuura “to ferment, to rot”. The speakers of Yinše have access to several varieties of berries as well as grapes which they ferm...

Lexember 7

Yemya
phalaśu /pʰɑlɑɕu/ n. “axe” from PIE *peleḱús

Yinše
‘išp’e /ʔiʃpʼe/ n. “hide scraper”

Lexember 6

Yemya
tśe /t͡ɕe/ n. “paper” from Middle Chinese tsyeX

Yinše
maa'e /maːʔe/ n. “reed; flute” originally only referred to flutes made from reeds but is extended to flutes made from other types of materials.

Lexember 5

Yemya
pit /pit/ n. “pen; writing brush” borrowed from Middle Chinese pit

Yinše
wayaá'ač /wajaáʔat͡ʃ/ n. “net (for fishing)” from wayaa “to knot” plus the iterative marker -'at plus the relativizer -š

Lexember 4
Yemya
śreithor /ɕreitʰor/ n. “abacus” literally “counter" from PIE *h₂rey- “to count, counter out” and *-tōr

Yinše
huyuu’ /hujuːʔ/ n. “throwing spear (for hunting)”

Thanks, as always Shimo! I’m glad to be back after a too long hiatus. Lexember 3 Yemya kogla /kogla/ n. ‘wheel’ from PIE * kʷékʷlos Yinše caahí‘išapoš /t͡saːhíʔiʃapoʃ/ n. ‘obsidian knife’ also sometimes caahíšapoš ultimately from caahi ‘knife’ and ‘išáp ‘obsidian’ itself a compound of ‘ii’ ‘stone, ...

Shemtov wrote: ↑03 Dec 2023 03:07 Would people mind if I would use a conlang that I have not posted anything of the morphosyntax of yet, as that is a WiP?

No one will mind.

Lexember 2

Yemya
binet /binet/ transitive verb ‘to split, to divide, to portion’ from PIE *bʰinédti

Yinše
rik /rik/ stative verb ‘to be short (distance)’

yaana /jaːna/ stative verb ‘to be long (distance)’

Lexember 1

Yemya
1. taina /tainɑ/ n. ‘day, daytime’ from PIE *deynos.
2. nott/notː/ ‘night, nighttime’ from PIE *nókʷts.

Yinše
1. yæčeksǽæpeš /jæt͡ʃeksǽæpeʃ/ ‘twin’ literally “two were born’ from yæ ‘two’, čeksǽæpe ‘was born’, and -š ‘relativizer/nominalizer’.

Lexember 8 Weddisch Estweddisch: ruin /ɾœʏn/ nn. pl. -Ø “mystery, secret” Hawannis: irüün /ɪɹyːn/ nn. pl. -es Yemya seśthor /seɕtʰoɾ/ “Mercury” literally “following [the Sun]” śukhra /ɕukʰɾɑ/ “Venus” literally “bright” rudra /ɾudɾɑ/ “Mars” literally “red” photś /pʰot͡ɕ/ “Jupiter” literally “master,...

Lexember 6 Weddisch Estweddisch: tschórl /d͡ʒœɾl/ cn. pl. -es “Fellow, chum, man (of equal social standing), friend, guy, freeman (obsolete)”. Cognate to English churl and German Kerl . Hawannis: tschor /d͡ʒɔː/ cn. pl. -wes Yemya vatśasthar /ʋɑt͡ɕɑstʰɑɾ/ “astrology, astronomy” Formed from vatśa “kn...

Lexember 4 Weddisch Estweddisch: 1. thuse /tuːzə/ nn. uncountable "home" formed from teh contractions of tó huse "to house" compare German zu Hause and Dutch thuis . Like German, this wsord preserves a fossilized Dative endings. 2. haam /haːm/ nn. pl. -e "home" Hawanni...

Lexember 3 Weddisch Estweddisch: drymeal is schiprycht /dɾɛɪmɛːl ɪs ʒɪpɾɛɪxt/ Hawannis: driemau is schiplau /dɹiːmaʊ ɪs ʒɪplaʊ/ Idiomatic expression. Literally “three times is ship (nautical) law.” Both have the meaning, “third time’s a charm” or “all good things come in threes”. The Hawannis versio...

Lexember 2

Weddisch

Estweddisch: drillinng, pl. -es /dɾɪlɪŋː/ "triplet"
Hawannis: driwinng, pl. -es /dɹɪwɪŋː/

Yemya
thratśa /tʰɾɑt͡ɕɑ/ "third"

I make my annual pilgrimage back to The CBB to partake in the Lexember festivities with the usual suspects as my langauges. Lexember 1 Weddish Driweldiehead ~ Driweudiehead /dɾɪvɛldiːhɛːd/~/dɾɪvɛudiːhɛːd/ cn. "Trinity" Calque of German and Dutch. Literally "three-fold-y-hood. Largely ...

I have been meaning to post about the various dialects of Weddisch for awhile now and have just never gotten around to it. But, I wanted to actually get back into the swing of things and post a little bit about the dialect of Weddisch spoken in Hallann (Heligoland) known as Hawannis. I’m not sure ho...