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Lexember 15 - Yélian mæla [ˈmœːla] - to knit Etymology: from the root *mlr, cognates include mælros "wool" or emler "sheepskin" Reo carla pès rat yimælet ǽʻiypulquetem. [ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ˈkaɾlɐ pɛs ɾat ɕɨˈmœːlət ˈœ̈ʔa̯iːpʉlˌkeːtəm] 1SG.POSS grandmother DAT 1SG.OBL PST-knit-3SG sock-new-D...

Lexember 14 - Yélian Some generic food terms for today. asolif [ɐˈsoːlɨ] - caramel Etymology: asol "sugar" + resif "water", literally "sugar water" asʻin [ˈasʔɨn] - rum Etymology: semantic extension; asʻin so far only meant "poltergeist" degamó [ˌdexɐˈmoː] - ...

Lexember 13 - Yélian mosóc [mɔ̈ˈso:k] - recipe; shopping list; instruction list; pseudocode Etymology: semantic extension: The word so far only meant "recipe". The word itself is a very old CBB loanword from 2014, deriving from Lao Kou's Gearthnuns: ümösöküjaths [ˌymøˌsøkyˈdʒaθs] n. recip...

FYI, German "Hase" isn't used in the sense "chicks" is in English. Rather, it's a pet name for your significant other, akin to "darling". In the sense of "chicks", more commonly used words are "Mädels" (just a synonym of Mädchen "girl", but...

Lexember 12 - Yélian ceválts [kəˈʋalt͡s] - tasteless; unseen, concealed; unremarkable; "invisible" (for persons; a person who is so unremarkable that people won't take notice of them even if they stand right next to them) Etymology: negative classifier ce- + vala "to see" + adje...

Lexember 10 - Yélian prir [pɾid̟] - luke-warm, undrinkable Etymology: new root, possibly related to prær "sh*t" USAGE NOTES: prir can only be used with drinks that aren't supposed to be luke-warm and therefore aren't really enjoyable anymore at these temperatures, such as tea or coffee th...

Lexember 9 - Yélian ilʻo [ˈilʔɔ̈] - sweet candy (bonbon), lollipop Etymology: onomatopetic from the sound of a child enjoying a sweet candy. Nat reo îyi fadreyet to píltivon, rat cenít fecun ilʻon. [nɐt ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ɸɐdˈɾeːʃət to ˈpiltɨʋɔ̈n, ɾɐt kəˈniːt ˈɸeːkʉn ˈilʔɔ̈n] when 1SG.POSS child TERM-do-3SG 3...

Lexember 8 - Yélian iyva [ˈa̯iːʋɐ] - to stick, to tuck, to plug, to insert; to treat, to doctor, to put in splints Etymology: semantic extension: iyva already meant "to treat, to doctor" for a long time. It received a semantic extension because some treatments that had been known since an...

Lexember 6 - Yélian vætifu [vəˈtiːɸʉ] - sewers, sewerage Etymology: from væt "out" + sifu "river", from a river that flows out of a city Lexember 7 - Yélian prèt [pɾɛt] - bomb Etymology: new root Ӕ'vætsoyelicon o'prèt pouperfagiet renim casgar o'vætifu. [əvətsɔ̈ʃəˈliːkɔ̈n ɔ̈ˈpɾɛ...

Lexember 5 - Yélian iomea [ɪ̯ɔ̈ˈmeː.ɐ] - to sow, to seed iomǽt [ɪ̯ɔ̈ˈmœːt] - seed, sowing Etymology: retroactive etymology change. Cross-derivation from iom "peace", and I decreed that the latter word derive from the former, as long peaceful periods are attributed with a steady food incom...

Hopefully this example sentence isn't based on a true story! If I might ask, what are the individual words for "neighbor" and "pervert" that together make acusorcund? First, thank you for keeping up the tradition of giving awesome reviews to the words! Haha no, it's not a true s...

Lexember 3 - Yélian rádural [ˈɾaːdʉɾɐl] - industry; machinery, inventory, facilities Etymology: radul "machine" + process suffix -al ráduralasé [ˌɾaːdʉɾɐlɐˈseː] - industrialization Etymology: rádural "industry" + nominalizer "-sé" Caratrundest pi yanim rádural o'dirun ...

Lexember 2 - Yélian licengaros [ˌliːkəŋˈgaːɾɔʃ] - Siamese twins, conjoined twins siamès [sɪ̯ɐˈmɛs] - Siamese twins, conjoined twins Etymology I: from Licene , the divine aspect of duality, and garos "shadow" Etymology II: a loan. USAGE NOTES: licengaros has fallen out of use in medical co...

Alas, it begins! Lexember 1 - Yélian prenigiys [pɾəˈniːga̯iːs] - binoculars Etymology: from prena "two" + prigiys "lens; magnifying glass" Vat cityaletarai! Siy parcas yivalai pi blido reo acusorcund fecun prenigiys! [vɐt‿ɨt͡ʃɐləˈtaːɾaɪ̯ | sa̯iː ˈpaɾkɐʃ ɕɨˈvaːlaɪ̯ pi ˈbliːdɔ̈ ˈɾe...

As every year, I'm going to join with Yélian again! As a topic suggestion I'd say something like "Technological advancements". From the handaxe to the microchip, from the taming of the fire to the nuclear fusion reactor, from the invention of the transistor to having a conlang collaboratio...

:con: Yélian Pun secaropèrs yifrelgluvanest èpa yòiyfadværest. [pʉn ˌseːkɐɾɔ̈ˈpɛɾs ɕɨʰɾəlglʉˈʋanəst ˈɛpɐ dɨɕɔʊ̯ʃɐdˈvœɾəst] in upper_school PST-practice-get_drunk-1PLEX and PST-learn_succeed-fail-1PLEX At high school we practised how to get drunk and learned how to fail. New words (or grammatical str...

:con: Yélian Vat garesif kineret . [vɐ͜gɐˈɾeːsi kɨˈneːɾət] DEM coffee be_free_of_charge-3SG This coffee is free. Vat apubat nasce but. [vɐt ɐˈpuːbɐt ˈnaskəbʉt] DEM seat empty-COP.3SG.INAN This seat is free. Vat acadie toivet . [vɐt ɐˈkaːdɪ̯ə ˈtɔʊ̯ʋət] DEM country be_free-3SG This country is free. Va...

:con: Yélian Miyde vut ciet u'salir pun laveat? [ˈma̯iːdə vʉt‿ˈɪ̯et ʉˈsaːlɨd̟ pʉn lɐˈʋeː.ɐt] why 3SG.INDEF not_exist-3SG DEF.INAN=honey in clay_pot Why is there no honey in the clay pot? New word for this challenge: laveat [lɐˈʋeː.ɐt] - clay pot Etymology: from lavés "clay", which itself i...

:con: Yélian Æ'ceyelvé vinét pi vut dipurvit citayo èpa diperunvit pi puleopliat olket. [əkəʃəlˈveː vɨˈneː‿pi vʉ‿dɨˈpuɾvɨt‿ɨˈtaːʃɔ̈ ˈɛpɐ dɨpəˈɾunvɨ‿pi pʉˈleː.ɔ̈ˌpli.ɐt ˈolkət] DEF.CONC=resentment resemble-3SG that 3SG.INDEF COND-drink-COND.3SG.ANIM poison and COND-expect-COND.3SG.ANIM that person-ot...

:con: Yélian If I didn't state it otherwise, the words also translate to their English equivalent in common usage. bravoyá [ˌbraːʋɔ̈ˈʃaː] - chess I forgot what the exact etymology of this was; but bravo translates to "king", and I assume that the suffix -yá actually derives from the Persia...