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Źilaa Ruńu definitely needs more idioms! Right now I can only think of two: zematme źiihi heji! find-IMP.2SG wind-ACC good-ACC Find the good wind! This means both "goodbye" and "good luck!" kee mi ruvieh ńa alu lesiis? maz aspaavme. Q be.3SG viper.NOM 3SG.ANI.NOM or water.snake.N...

Źilaa Ruńu:

duriu ceeĺi.
see-IPF.1SG 2SG.ACC


Ak’aleniw:

ki'asaheti.
ki'as-ahe-ti-Ø
see-2s.P-1s.A-PRS.IND

This is all very cool! A phonology full of "weird" sounds (like clicks and glottalised continuants) often makes me feel lost if it's the first thing I read about the language, but the way you present it is quite easy to understand. I'll definitely follow this thread, thanks for sharing :) ...

DesEsseintes wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019 17:01 Next: wìye conj. then, at which point

Ak'aleniw:
wiye ['wijɛ] - conj. and then

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somengāt [soməˈŋaːt] - n. map, detailed plan, blueprint

k1234567890y wrote: ↑05 Jun 2019 22:12 qina /qinɑ/ n. - dog

Ak'aleniw:

q'ina - n. wolf

Next: meyepha [ˈmejeɸɑ] - adj. faded (color)

As for the symmetry, you can arrange your inventory like this: /m n/ /p t s k q/ /t’ ts’ k’ q’/ /h ʔ/ /l j w/ Only one gap. And now glottals are their own category. Oh wait, you didn’t have a glottal stop in your original inventory. Add one? I’ll stop interfering now. No, don't [:D] I asked for opi...

CivilixXXX wrote: ↑22 May 2019 07:20 Next: gardatik (verb)

Divide into equal parts

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heuna (noun related to weather)

I keep changing my mind about the phonology of this not-so-new project. Right now I have: /m n/ /p t t͡s k q/ /tʼ t͡sʼ kʼ qʼ/ /s h/ /l/ /j w/ /i u/ /e o/ /a/ /e o/ might actually be [ɛ] and [ɔ]. /w/ is [ʍ] before voiceless consonants and at the end of a word. Syllable structure is (C)(wj)V(S) where ...

I also use double letters for long vowels and don't see a problem with that, it even remineds me to actually pay attention to length. Except that to modern readers of many languages, including English, double vowels already have values, But so do many other symblols and letters! You could also worry...

It at least appears to have been that way in (Late) Proto-Indo-European: stative verbs ("perfects") are a third category besides imperfective ("present") and perfective ("aorist") verbs. Thanks for the answer! So in that system, how do you describe a state that's in th...

What are some common ways to handle stative verbs in a language that distinguishes perfective/imperfective? Are they likely to have similar marking to other verbs, with the perfective form meaning "X was in Y state but isn't anymore"? That was what I originally did in Źilaa Ruńu, but I'm n...

Concerning gerunds and their participants, and possessive classifiers. ... ObConLang: Would this be a good idea in a conlang? Has anyone already done it? I only saw this now, but I have something similar in Źilaa Ruńu. It was inspired by the section about Middle Welsh here: https://web.archive.org/...

holbuzvala wrote: ↑11 Apr 2019 18:24 I have both ‘tk’ and ‘kt’ onset clusters. Is both coexisting likely? Or is it likely that one will metathesise into the other?

Modern Hebrew has both:
/ktana/ 'small(F)'
/tkufa/ 'time period'
We also have /pt/ but not /tp/ (because פ becomes [f] in that position)

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k1234567890y wrote: ↑15 Feb 2019 06:28 Next:

naasta [na:sta] n. plant

Źilaa Ruńu

naasta [ˈnɑːstɑ] (n. inan.) vine

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tmive'o [tmiˈveʔɔ] adv. constantly, all the time, always

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Qaflac [t͡sɑ'fɬɑk] adv. dreadfully, incredibly slowly
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capla ['cɑp.lɑ] - (n. ani.) snail

next: čejadun [t͡ʃeˈʝadun] - stairs, levels

Źilaa Ruńu Assuming they were just heading out: śaluhaa: deźan (al) nde leen naberaĺar. say-PFV-3PL go.from.IPF-1PL (here) to house.OBL VN-dance-OBL They said: we are going to the dancing-house. śaluhaa nguha deźa (al) nde leen naberaĺar. say-PFV-3PL COMP go.from.IPF-3PL (here) to house.OBL VN-danc...

I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Cow How do different natlangs and conlangs handle the use of "one" here? In Hebrew you could easily leave out the first "one": ,אף-פעם ל...

Day 29

ngeb [ŋgeb] (v. st.) live (in a place), dwell

ute, ban suumasi! ngeb ńume huun siv eeźan.
yes hill yellow-INAN.NOM | live cousin.NOM 1SG.OBL near there
Yes, Yellow Hill! My cousin lives around there.

Missed two days again [:|] Anyway: Days 26-28 lasa [ˈlɑsɑ] (v.) promise; agree śaluhe lesiis nde kikaźun: "emejiu, liukme al. lasiu nguha maz islujiu ceeĺi!" say-PFV.3SG water.snake.NOM to frog-OBL |ask.IPF-1SG come.to-IMP.2SG here | promise.IPF-1SG COMP NEG FUT-eat-1SG 2SG.OBL The water s...