Guess the Word in Romlangs 2

[shimobaatar]

goblin shark

requin-lutin in French.

Wooo! A very cool word and a good chance to learn some new Mad Etymology haha

Great choice, shimo!

Thank you!

[qwed117]

Nice word shimo!

I dunno if I’ll have much time in the next couple of weeks since class starts tomorrow, but I might as well try.

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

It’s a harder one

[Jackk]

Is it an adjective?

[qwed117]

Is it an adjective?

It can be used as multiple parts of speech, one of which has adjective-like properties. That is not the most common usage though.

[Jackk]

Does it descend from a single existing Classical Latin word?

[shimobaatar]

Nice word shimo!

Thanks! I like the look and sound of àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/.

I dunno if I’ll have much time in the next couple of weeks since class starts tomorrow, but I might as well try.

Understandable. Good luck!

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Is it typically a noun?

[qwed117]

Does it descend from a single existing Classical Latin word?

Does anything?

Nice word shimo!

Thanks! I like the look and sound of àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/.

Thanks!

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Is it typically a noun?

[shimobaatar]

Does it descend from a single existing Classical Latin word?

Does anything?

One can dream!

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Is it typically a noun?

Some form of a verb?

[jimydog000]

Anything to do with water? (not a joke)

Or wheels?

[qwed117]

Some form of a verb?

Anything to do with water? (not a joke)

Or wheels?

I'm sure through some tortuous argument I could vaguely say that the concept that àcogliuac represents could be something "to do with water... or wheels?", but that would be incredibly unreälistic, and probably abusive. So I'm 'fraid to say the answer is "no" to both

[Jackk]

Is there any connection to the verb colligō?

[qwed117]

Is there any connection to the verb colligō?

Maybe, but for the purposes of this, you should probably treat this as a no, not because I want to make this difficult for you, but because I don't want to make it hard for you.

[shimobaatar]

So:

Is it an adjective?

It can be used as multiple parts of speech, one of which has adjective-like properties. That is not the most common usage though.

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Is it typically a noun?

Some form of a verb?

Hmm… maybe this has already been ruled out by your response to Jackk's initial question, but just to make sure, is it an adverb?

[qwed117]

So:

Is it an adjective?

It can be used as multiple parts of speech, one of which has adjective-like properties. That is not the most common usage though.

Hmm… maybe this has already been ruled out by your response to Jackk's initial question, but just to make sure, is it an adverb?

I would typically call the function that it takes as an “adverb”

[shimobaatar]

Is the word made up of three or more morphemes?

[qwed117]

Is the word made up of three or more morphemes?

In the language it would be understood as a single word; but it comes from three words in Latin (some of which were inflected)

[Jackk]

Was the first Latin word <ad> or <ab>?

[qwed117]

Was the first Latin word <ad> or <ab>?

[Jackk]

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Hmmmm...

Is the first word a preposition at all?

Did the last word have one of the suffixes -acus or -aticus?

[qwed117]

Next: àcogliuac /əkoˈʎwak/

Hmmmm...

Is the first word a preposition at all?

Did the last word have one of the suffixes -acus or -aticus?