Guess the Word in Romlangs

[Salmoneus]

Does it mean "Easter"?

That is, from something along the lines of ipsam festam de ipsum agnellum, "the feast of the lamb"?

[zyma]

Is it related to "confess"?

Does it mean "Easter"?

It does not.

That is, from something along the lines of ipsam festam de ipsum agnellum, "the feast of the lamb"?

However, this is exactly what I have in my notes.

[qwed117]

Does it represent a holiday, and if so, Christmas?

[Salmoneus]

If I may be allowed two guesses, depending on your answer to qwed's first question...

...if it does mean a particular holiday (and neither Christmas nor Easter), does it mean Passover? (maybe this is a jewish romlang!)

...if it doesn't mean a particular holiday, does it just mean the Mass/Eucharist in general?


EDIT: either way, pretty pleased with myself guessing the literal meaning! I'm not normally much good at this. For me, the key was thinking that since you'd used a sardinian article, maybe the famous Sardinian /ll/ > /ɖɖ/ explained the otherwise unusual 'dd' cluster...

[zyma]

Does it represent a holiday,

and if so, Christmas?

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...if it does mean a particular holiday (and neither Christmas nor Easter),

does it mean Passover? (maybe this is a jewish romlang!)

Good guess, though! You're on the right track thinking outside of Christianity.

...if it doesn't mean a particular holiday, does it just mean the Mass/Eucharist in general?

EDIT: either way, pretty pleased with myself guessing the literal meaning!

For me, the key was thinking that since you'd used a sardinian article, maybe the famous Sardinian /ll/ > /ɖɖ/ explained the otherwise unusual 'dd' cluster...

Indeed, good thinking! This was inspired by Sardinian and Sicilian in particular.

[Salmoneus]

...Eid al-Adha?

[zyma]

...Eid al-Adha?

Well done!

According to Wikipedia, it's sometimes referred to as "la Fiesta del Cordero/Borrego" in Spanish. Regardless of how commonly used those terms actually are, I decided to use an equivalent term here.

[qwed117]

...Eid al-Adha?

Well done!

According to Wikipedia, it's sometimes referred to as "la Fiesta del Cordero/Borrego" in Spanish. Regardless of how commonly used those terms actually are, I decided to use an equivalent term here.

congrats Sal!

EDIT: either way, pretty pleased with myself guessing the literal meaning! I'm not normally much good at this. For me, the key was thinking that since you'd used a sardinian article, maybe the famous Sardinian /ll/ > /ɖɖ/ explained the otherwise unusual 'dd' cluster...

Sardinian itself doesn't keep agnellus, instead using a descendant of *agnionem, agnone. That means the corresponding term in Sardinian would be "sa Festa di s'Agnone". Not as fun I suppose.

[Salmoneus]

Hey, I won one!

...but I'm afraid it might take a day or two for me to come up with something. I'll get right on it! [I'll see what I can dig up on one of my old romlangs...]

[zyma]

Hey, I won one!

...but I'm afraid it might take a day or two for me to come up with something. I'll get right on it! [I'll see what I can dig up on one of my old romlangs...]

No worries! Take your time!

[Jackk]

Great phrase shimo!

and I always like to see ipse definites woo

[zyma]

Great phrase shimo!

and I always like to see ipse definites woo

Thank you!

Haha, same here.

[Salmoneus]

New word:

s-invazaṛ-um-òt

Pronounced more or less as written (the ò indicates a low back vowel; the stress is on the ZAR syllable)


[I'm afraid this won't be an easy one...]

[All4Ɇn]

Is the stem related to invāsiō/invāsus?

[Salmoneus]

I'm afraid not.

[zyma]

Do the hyphens correspond to morpheme boundaries?

This might be a stupid question, but I'd rather get it out of the way now than potentially realize several questions in that I'd jumped to an incorrect conclusion.

[qwed117]

Do the hyphens correspond to morpheme boundaries?

This might be a stupid question, but I'd rather get it out of the way now than potentially realize several questions in that I'd jumped to an incorrect conclusion.

Assuming the answer to this is yes, is the s- corresponding to ipse?

[Jackk]

s-invazaṛ-um-òt

Exciting! Is it a noun (phrase) or verb (phrase)?

[Salmoneus]

Do the hyphens correspond to morpheme boundaries?

The hyphens do mark morpheme boundaries, but there's also one morpheme boundary not marked by hyphens. [possibly two? probably not, though. It depends at what point you regard fusion as having taken place]

qwed: it does not correspond to ipse.

jackk: it's a verb.

[Jackk]

jackk: it's a verb.

Is invazaṛ from a Latin infinitive?