Lexicon milestones and discussion of lexicon growth

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New and improved! Now 166.67% more diabolical than 666! [}:D]

Kankonian's lexicon has reached 66,666 words!

Today I finished working on the fiction-within-fiction creatures from the Kankonian science fiction movie "The World Aside". While adding those words, I passed the 66,666-word mark with amopovth, the Kankonian spelling of "amopodh". The amopodh is a short bush covered with psychotropic club-like protrusions containing a drug called takitaki, which allow the thofeni (the alien sapients in the film) to get high. The Kankonians use VTH, and the Romanization DH, for the edh sound in the Pithasayi language, which is a phoneme not found in Kankonian (so there's no letter for it in the Kankonian alphabet). Its irregular plural amopovthi (LIE: amopodhi) follows the pluralization rules of Pithasayi.

I am now officially two-thirds of the way to sextuple digits (100,000 words). Wish me well!
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31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!
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Khemehekis wrote: 28 Oct 2020 06:43 New and improved! Now 166.67% more diabolical than 666! [}:D]

Kankonian's lexicon has reached 66,666 words!

Today I finished working on the fiction-within-fiction creatures from the Kankonian science fiction movie "The World Aside". While adding those words, I passed the 66,666-word mark with amopovth, the Kankonian spelling of "amopodh". The amopodh is a short bush covered with psychotropic club-like protrusions containing a drug called takitaki, which allow the thofeni (the alien sapients in the film) to get high. The Kankonians use VTH, and the Romanization DH, for the edh sound in the Pithasayi language, which is a phoneme not found in Kankonian (so there's no letter for it in the Kankonian alphabet). Its irregular plural amopovthi (LIE: amopodhi) follows the pluralization rules of Pithasayi.

I am now officially two-thirds of the way to sextuple digits (100,000 words). Wish me well!
Congratulations!

How long did it get you to get from 33,333 to 66,666? And would you estimate that it will take you a similar amount of time to reach 100,000?
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DesEsseintes wrote: 28 Oct 2020 07:50 Congratulations!
Thanks!
How long did it get you to get from 33,333 to 66,666? And would you estimate that it will take you a similar amount of time to reach 100,000?
Word #33,333 was reached on November 18, 2012. So 7 years, 11 months, and 9 days.

If I reach #100,000 at the same pace, the date will be October 6, 2028. (Hey, that means I'll finish in the year in which Inner Bruise is set!)

But I should receive the word lists and corpus data I need long before that date. That will make for an explosion of word-creation and lexical gap-filling.

Plus, once the Landau Core Vocabulary is finished, I'll be able to add to the lexica of many of my other conlangs and call them complete. I'll then be able to work on astronomy and calendars, biology and ethnobiology, politics and history (including legal documents!), and stories to write for all the concultures that will contribute culture-specific loanwords to Kankonian, and get around to adding all those animal and plant words from other planets into my Kankonian dictionary, and my lexicon will balloon in size.

(FUN FACT: I'm actually keeping a centralized list of the taxa and species of various planets and bioswaths, and each modernized, spacefaring, interplanetarized conlang (the conlangs like Kankonian, Shaleyan, Tentan, Quispe, Achel, Javarti, Bodusian, etc.) will receive words for all of these species and higher taxa. I'm considering doing the same thing with foods, sports/games, music genres, and maybe even religions. Here's the list as I've worked on it so far (I'm limiting myself to 200 human bioswath species):
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UNIVERSAL WORDS (19)
virus
bacteria
seaweed
mushroom
plant
bush
flower
tree
bulb
berry
herb
weed
vine
animal
beast
marine animal
worm
alien
monster

MYTHICAL (10)
dragon
unicorn
fairy
ogre
giant
goblin
mermaid
phoenix
werewolf
little person

HUMAN BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (9)
grass
grain
bug
insect
fish
amphibian
reptile
bird
mammal

HUMAN BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (200)
barley
corn (Zea mays)
oats
rice
wheat
apple
apricot
banana
blueberry
cherry
coconut
date
fig
grape
grapefruit
guava
kiwi
lemon
lime
mango
melon
orange
papaya
peach
pear
pineapple
plum
pomegranate
raspberry
strawberry
tangerine
watermelon
asparagus
avocado
bean
broccoli
Brussels sprouts
cabbage
carrot
cauliflower
celery
cucumber
garlic
ginger
lettuce
olive
onion
parsley
pea
pepper (Capsicum)
potato
pumpkin
soybean
spinach
squash
tomato
almond
peanut
pepper (Piper)
cinnamon
coffee
tea
cotton
hemp
tobacco
daisy
iris
lily
morning glory
orchid
poppy
rose
sunflower
tulip
rubber
palm
pine
maple
willow
oak
jellyfish
coral
starfish
sea urchin
snail
clam
oyster
mussel
scallop
octopus
squid
crab
lobster
shrimp
prawn
scorpion
spider
dragonfly
grasshopper
cricket
praying mantis
cockroach
louse; nit
flea
beetle
ladybug
fly
mosquito
moth; cocoon; caterpillar
butterfly; chrysalis; caterpillar
ant
bee
wasp
shark
eel
salmon
carp
goldfish
tuna
seahorse
frog; tadpole
toad
turtle
lizard
chameleon
snake
cobra
python
alligator
crocodile
ostrich
penguin
chicken; hen; rooster; chick
turkey
peacock
duck; duckling
goose; gosling
swan; cygnet
pigeon
flamingo
eagle
hawk
owl
seagull
pelican
robin
crow
raven
parakeet
parrot
kangaroo
mouse
rat
hamster
beaver
squirrel
porcupine
guinea pig
rabbit
bat
mole
horse
pony
donkey
zebra
rhinoceros
pig; sow; boar; piglet
camel
llama
deer
giraffe
buffalo
cattle; cow; bull; calf
goat; nanny-goat; billy-goat; kid
sheep; ewe; ram; lamb
hippopotamus
cat; kitten
lion
tiger
jaguar
dog; puppy
wolf
coyote
fox
badger
otter
bear; cub
polar bear
panda
seal
elephant
dolphin
orca
whale
monkey
ape
gorilla
orangutan
chimpanzee
dinosaur

RATHARIAN SPECIFIC (3)
onogud
narzis
ghothru

THOEM BIOSWATH (33)
boim
tran
shi
mnia
ston pro
kai bra
pmun
tias
k'in
thuv
phi
doush
khom
sruan
pouv
viav
loes
psain
skei
tu
heu
iss
gnei
mua
p'a sev
thou t'esh
mnies
gosh
knaim
t'uv
snis
sru
woum

MONODERM CATEGORIES (2)
monoderm
paju

MONODERM BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (35)
ba e monu
kosha
zuqo
agumo
atala
gokuso
jatu
kayo
kikipu
mâsa
okodu
blue discus okodu
green fruit okodu
pink fruit okodu
puddle okodu
penipe
pevi
slim pevi
gerû
pohoi
râha
ratoru
rîxe
salato
venâ
vexu
doroda
edi
fami
nawô
hitê
luzû
qîlu
mopô
vôfi

DORSAL CATEGORIES (4)
noba
framidor
sikiri
suomozu

DORSAL SPECIFIC (18)
sotopi
kheva
bombak
chenda
sanchu
singfu
telav
sholing
funa
korhor
peslam
megusa
naiku
tetvime
mingdu
rhomphus
zincha
hambuq

BODUSIAN PLANTS (13)
usam
bodan
rapu
tukin
nidu
pupal
neya
pitem
lewa
tower
koshu
sapa
doka

TUBAN BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (6)
tuban
kotu
mubin
sagar
peyam
mipel

TUBAN BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (94)
kopom
bokan
pisul
emur
pdas
remem
dekar
diper
odin
shinul
damun
soras
polosh
akis
galus
lobus
magesh
lisu
bewil
rabor
biyas
esan
rasha
ipu
okan
witash
bobus
karer
mopum
imash
shenor
kanin
shapas
miror
nigun
seresh
pinis
asan
somur
awel
kayas
kiwol
tiku
rokos
sedi
nolus
gewim
motush
ishel
epush
dati
ropi
shata
buda
botul
bamar
gubal
mamir
yumil
kayol
shelis
laman
yigi
oyas
atash
rakes
kata
kadon
welar
penol
liker
mego
pushal
obul
sekin
watan
wesir
ugil
telin
bopas
birin
menim
yatas
watos
wiwi
kiki
dodun
amol
pawel
nikar
abur
kitel
apim
uram

QUONTS (12)
gobirz
poupu
beramet
golbam
selmavi
ruzoi
washuba
dzirimeth
sauba
landamin
sea blueberry
kivis

GINTH BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (3)
phudaq
ka
kiyma'

GINTH BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (46)
koxa'
sthilt
zalith
'adhru'xu
qsezyal
mi'ax
'arhzi'
shit'eqt
znidxok, 'ashiq
xa'iyz
zoisht
bhubhghaxh
greqsk
jiyod
la'axh, xigid
'ono, yamixh
'inthiy
phiyex
derreg, quniy
rhit
'embhu'
raghren
skakiy, mixiygh
thsitirr
rriyaq
gheda
'unskod
'ebhdhel
tithsexh
'ulphigrhi
khiydem
liyqey
bhandit
rotensk
ngasa
mirrit
quxh
'ubhama
gelit
skabhiy
bhekey
katiy
deq
'athriq
rheg
dhuxgreqsk

HAJON BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (10)
baignar
paima
kandi
gagnu
mijikambi
ontakambi
chimbokambi
chiji
mpochi
agna

HAJON BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (47)
abogna
binji
bomba
chachi
dream tree
ijar
imban
kangwaji
kukuchi
mbainon
naiko
nchati
pyramid plant
rujon
sugarhole
bidon
bisi
brainworm
bubukwi
ganota
habakwon
ibagna
juno
kwemba
nagwa
tamachi
ugnan
aiha
angakha
bohabun
bogwagwa
daimaro
gigni
goru
gwaimban
haradombi
jasanda
jonda
khamo
kwicha
njakhi
nkhanta
nkwibu
nuchi
sahan
uba
uhagwi

LEF BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (5)
f'sem
sis
os
memgitan
cam

LEF BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (87)
d'hes
yusâktas
mileg
vipla
monkey fruit
zapatta
g'phef
chudphas
chudbarof
bakobako
bikobiko
ch'xet
pharsta
inapa
sânda
dhazma
junda
atisha
jotiji
majika
bogex
amasí
popot
katawa
legn'seb
ch'leg
dristan
holi
thodaf
kif
chapab
tiheb
gori
tekfel
aphhelin
rapthek
mac
phax
l'heb
tachi
binasta
kozada
cafan
rap
beliná
g'lan
hobi
strava
coplisan
xil
khobnab
osg'khab
bim
khag
xapet
sagchet
h'for
six
r'pen
takh
rixex
mothu
ospham
tedur
bukhet
sobil
ifes
dokux
kharap
b'ged
soxus
s'futh
rasu
thep
cifer
hachep
dopon
fichod
s'lab
diphaph
ofan
bef
kel
tebul
phinep
hopmor
ginil

ILTI BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (5)
olva
lonkho
kheski
khürva
rengadzi

ILTI BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (66)
kaga
ükha
jata
soyko
kündu
semilti
tabeymu
tayga
qaqoxü
alko
vüma
khordu
asanvi
roga
mükaysta
dzosotu
garza
luzdi
zdanka
ghaylva
temni
ango
vrtvi
aqi
nalpozgita
ratxi
joysana
neküstu
zdikhi
juli
mirga
tsanqa
ampova
txiva
ampoyla
dzasta
dijüni
pomatxa
zgendi
poynu
masaji
tibo
gosenqi
lunja
tabi
slider
bandjongü
ksali
pongha, dardü
vilkha
maqi, rezda
arvu
kinzüja
münetxi
djilghano
matürvi
zayma
nüsta
pürmo
dzolmu
ghotxo, pingha
kono
dapalvu, vanonda
jomüqi
xeniqi
endipi

SHALEYAN BIOSWATH CATEGORIES (11)
ekemal
chondrothalassozoan
shephimawapela
shephimapasad
shephipasazoka
khemez
mawapela
duñil
mapasad
zon
pasazoka

SHALEYAN BIOSWATH SPECIFIC (202)
brunetti
phamein mushroom
arrowhead mushroom
shushoy
ibi
dekeña
keded
lusa lotion plant
zeyop
pushomey
mudakh
zimeya
aniya
khoduwo
khop
deshekh
iñan
piñad
vinaho
bulupas
loduwa
udakh
adazaz
ekayaw
belaz
heartcarb plant
kini
khomob
cruller plant
ñephilili
kuwadas
powiña
hamol
philaw
ububu
emeñakh
dopey
nobusu
aphash
disi
bepil
bayabay
lahon
zuwikh
pesash
suphanay
zisho
manash
lib
dez
lokh
demizan
flammanta
didiph
pham
huwaw
obuza
pebala
podus
sashin
hipoy
wiphis
miñal
asay
apoyo
beyaph
conjoined tree
umbusha
nophas
lay
phewas
lañan
apay
zemolal
años
ihoña
bumal
uledam
samad
iwish
duboph
kelaka
biñiki
rattle plant
bidas
kunoy
duodenum plant
zestate
shimiya
phelus
ninida
two-layer worm
shusek
modu
odoba
layide
pemuboy
hezisal
sedened
phizeka
ekiphaz
bakhob
khesophakh
khayazi
pikikho
sopoy
ñadiki
bolaña
nimashe
liñidi
asalap
kobolu
phesaka
woboy
pimazekh
layabesh
bokuway
yabosep
wizeb
phola
yekhudo
ipasa
mimana
awok
lisudo
neshaw
papashin
ñakim
sea cobra
kelp bunny
boli
udeyab
lepuma
wahez
adak
kedolaz
owuñid
sumopaw
ñayedal
buñaz
kalakal
amesham
moko
mashey
kiñapha
moyim
mikamik
khomoy
paphedun
phupad
zapay
shabay
limaw
ligipas
pilokhab
phedib
amaño
yephun
awohoy
akenen
ñulim
kawal
belo
dusiz
abazen
dakhuwil
nay
likhima
dumiña
dipos
livito
dudi
noshobiña
sap
ohod
keñam
oñepis
ledokh
polopi
ziwiz
akhudu
kelema
nisik
kawulen
sephon
kishaphay
payamesh
ipil
phuwoy
pey
lephez
schulid
mañapha
mayekh
philid
ñaboy
haway
domo
domosuiki
suiki
abolon
ziñoy

LISSETI LIFE-FORMS (66)
nowanou
nissipindi
kszarasta
wiszjad
rouwitá
amitta
nojisza thepar
logowas
jota imesi
matzura
kenjatta
krowe
khiljama
phuddajti
loussadro
bokojepri
zitzedin
gunthelá
mouttzu khralla
phodumessí
menduzhame
shittelomo
zhobbu askisi
oulitto
gouzhi mattata
lubru khijibú
asza marin
mimiwatha
szejnimatté
pilajmpo
goblomattí
goblomattiti
phediszokku
szokkuthi
ukhaszmor
mansmor
szejnikaka
szejnikophú
szejnijatzor
possa
agripossa
khapipossa
jetzi, imujetzi
zhwajutzi
mambrati
bilibú
thejkapaddu
allaroszsza
pudrugekhí
maddrasash
nozhad
nukkas
arkudi
sougaphormid
medouskaga
rogaprejnos
khladaszomó
szomazinkak
seszekhí
assatormor
brejnaleddi
gwakrimiá
ophissá
jottikejor
asalogu
kheradrimmi

KAMATO LIGHT BALL SPECIES (4)
galona
noru
sirima
bayoda

SAPIENTS (88)
Afim
Airk
akart
albhikar
alcohbata
al-gruualix
añak
Anthropito
apiil
azhwea
bansak
bevgezi
bhur
Bulbops, Kelly-Hopkinsville goblin
Byssata
chais
Corteum
dargon
detrom
dinoid
Domehead
Dorsay
draco
Dries
Egarot
elffaf
El-Manouk
elnar
Emerther
Ethna
fhaang
ginth
Ginvo
glomos
Grey
gwuelatl
hajon
hexamantoid
homa
hu-brid
human
icosadactyl
iguanoid
ilti
insectoid
Jefok
Kalenia
kektas
klaeps
kyuphi
Lang
lapan
lef
leonoid
Lizard Person
Maitre
mantoid
Matrax
Moon-eye
Moovianthan-Kayphik
nila
nuk
Orela
pacham
parrotperson
pyna
re-brid
Red
Redan
reptoid
Ritoni
Russell man, dinosauroid
sapiofern
Shamptbhala
spemech
starchild
Strom
Tall Black
Tall White
tamepo
Tan
Tengri-Tengri
tetramantoid
thoem
tlokwa
turogh
vulon
wama
xazhoe
Xpotz
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Khemehekis wrote: 28 Oct 2020 06:43Kankonian's lexicon has reached 66,666 words!
Satan must love your conlang now. [}:D] I mean, how many conlangs have that many words? Yours may be the first in all of conlanging history!?
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Vlürch wrote: 28 Oct 2020 15:29
Khemehekis wrote: 28 Oct 2020 06:43Kankonian's lexicon has reached 66,666 words!
Satan must love your conlang now. [}:D]
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought. But when I reach 67,500 words, I'll be out of the woods (does that mean the Devil was chopping down trees to chase me?)
I mean, how many conlangs have that many words? Yours may be the first in all of conlanging history!?
Actually, Kankonian is still surpassed by four other conlangs:

https://www.frathwiki.com/Conlangs_with ... ,000_words

66,666 Kankonian - James Landau; spoken on the planet Kankonia in the Lehola Galaxy
some 75,000 Neo - Arturo Alfandari; Euroclone
77,000 Esperanto - Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof; auxlang and the world's most successful conlang
over 83,000 xuxuxi - John Cowan; based on the same principles as Classical Yiklamu
91,591 Classical Yiklamu - Mark P. Line; engelang with computer-generated vocabulary based on WordNet and no derivation

As mentioned above, xuxuxi and Classical Yiklamu are computer-generated matchups of computer-generated words to WordNet entries, so those conlangers didn't actually create words, and you could argue that they don't count.

As to which conlanger created the most words across ALL his/her conlangs? Not Zamenhof, for thousands of Esperanto words were created after his time. Arturo Alfandari apparently came up with all the Neo words himself, though. It'll take some time before I surpass Alfandari in the number of words I've created.

The prize for word-creating likely goes to Arne Arotnow. Arotnow created 46,950 words for EDA/Edanic, a Euroclone based on Italian, and another 51,831 in Vedanic, a reform of Edanic. That makes a staggering 98,781 words!
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I guess there are no mentions in this thread of Ciladian reaching 2,000 words. Oh, well, I counted now and it has 2,057 entries in the Ciladian-English dictionary!

I have no idea what word #2,000 was, but the most recently added word is tyumbyun, meaning "hospitality". It comes from tyum, meaning host/hostess, and -byun, a suffix that means "the state of being a/an . . ." (father -> paternity, etc.)
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I hope to reach 67,500 words by the end of the year. That means that over the next week, I have to create an average of 25 new words a day.
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I reached my goal!

As of December 29, Kankonian has just reached 67,500 words.

Word #67,500 was holtzehimezis, meaning "quadrilingual" (the noun) or "tetraglot" (hol, four + tzehimez, language + -is, suffix for a person).

At the end of the year, I'll share with all of you some of the other new words I added trying to reach my 67,500 goal.
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At least by CWS reckoning, Rireinutire has reached the rather odd milestone of 13,579 words. Word #13,579 was

kototara n. IN legume

which is a simple tatpurusha from koto 'pod' + tara 'plant'.

See? Not every Rireinutire lexeme has ten million glosses in Human!
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prettydragoon wrote: 31 Dec 2020 20:20 ....
which is a simple tatpurusha from koto 'pod' + tara 'plant'.
....
How many Smskrta loan words does Finnish have?
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Ooh, I didn't even think of doing #13,579! I suppose we could do word #24,680 in our conlangs too!
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eldin raigmore wrote: 01 Jan 2021 04:31
prettydragoon wrote: 31 Dec 2020 20:20 ....
which is a simple tatpurusha from koto 'pod' + tara 'plant'.
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How many Smskrta loan words does Finnish have?
At least a hundred.

I mean, sata '(one) hundred'. Probably some others too.
Khemehekis wrote: 01 Jan 2021 04:43 Ooh, I didn't even think of doing #13,579! I suppose we could do word #24,680 in our conlangs too!
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Over the last seven days of 2020, I created over 200 new words. Here are some of the concepts Kankonian now has a word for. Some of these (such as "troubadour" and "mandolin") are words I had been considering for a long time, but finally decided to add to Kankonian last week.

phoroish dres: western lowland gorilla (lit. "common gorilla")
phoroish wudani: mountain gorilla (lit. "montane gorilla")
phoroish yuatz: eastern lowland gorilla (lit. "giant gorilla")
bungatzanga Lipsitik: Bornean orangutan (lit. "Lipsitic orangutan", Lipsit being a former nation on Kankonia in the days before one-world government)
grouokh: willing to eat anything
grouokhpeidan: panphagia (grouokh + peidan, dinosaur)
maglimez dres: tschego, central chimpanzee (lit. "common chimpanzee")
vulante: conversant (open to having conversations with people)
rubud: volante (musical direction) (borrowed from the Ciladian word rubud, swift (bird))
vyad: direction (in music) (borrowed from Ciladian bhyad, direction, instruction)
kyutaskungirun: stage direction (borrowing from Ciladian: kyutas: drama; play + kungirun: note (kungir, to mention + -un, suffix that turns a verb into a noun meaning "something that is [verb]ed"))
swilk: to go on (of a light or star)
koulk: to go off, to go out (of a light or star)
perstuvif: well-read (per, to read + stuvif, accomplished)
zentapios na em imas: extinction debt (lit. "three-imis extinction"; an imis is the equivalent of a second, and "shmen em imas kaluk ye" (count three imas before) is an idiom meaning to jump the gun)
nataro: bucket hat, fisherman's hat, session hat, Reni hat
dastindrass: sadboi (after Dastindrass, an ancient Kankonian artist who was inspired by his sadness over relationships)
dastelshid: sadboi hours (portmanteau of dastindrass and detelshid, shift)
bein prin: softboi (lit. "new boy")
gwukhdi: heavy (of a head)
holbas: head (of nail, screw or rivet)
guzhumholbas: cuphead (guzhum, dome + holbas)
bapi-khiridi: rubber hose (animation style) (bapi, limb + khiridi, vine)
helbutekh: to share cookies with (hel, with + butekh, cookie, biscuit)
bohulbholbas: rivethead (head of a rivet) (bohulb, rivet + holbas)
studuzis: rivethead (person who works on an automotive assembly line) (studuz az tekt, assembly line + -is, suffix for a person)
nipowub: trochanter
tshiuspesh: coxa (tshiu, to attach + spesh, part, piece)
travoizhi: troubadour, jongleur
adlakess: to elevate (technology can ~ the community) (ad-, prefix for to/for + lakess, pedestal)
ghalaimshai*ap: doughnut hole (ghalaim, doughnut + shai*ap, ball)
zastantzeria (zasto for short): slambook (zastantzas, gossip + -eria, suffix for collection of)
dworf: dwarf (fantasy species) (English borrowing)
nienepheli: geometric (based on abstract shapes) (nien, abstract + ephel, shape + -i, adjective-forming suffix)
eslela: nymph (female nature spirit)
menehune: menehune (Hawaiian borrowing)
fegatshiu: hamadryad (wood-nymph) (fega, tree + tshiu)
thoertzu: dryad
drau: dark elf, drow (English borrowing)
srinaud: naiad (nymph who presided over fresh water)
ksiphru: charry (of wine)
hatampf: to laugh in the face of
turkviadorumphi: wrongful imprisonment (turkvi, evil + adorumphi, to imprison; imprisonment)
gnangouf X: to hump X's leg
posksahalba: band camp (posk, band + sahalba, day camp)
dulieyis: band geek, orch-dork (duliei, symphonic band + -is)
heladamalis: bunkmate (hel + adamales, bedroom + -is)
tzethyuv: ptomaine
bopf: severed paw
moupfash: the severed tail of a rabbit, said to have magical powers
hei lawu or hei lau: yoo hoo
lekhuvyekhesvyekhes: aatheist (made from Ciladian roots: Lekhu, Leho, God + bhyekh, to deny; denial + -es, agent noun suffix + bhyekh + -es)
mevzafyahali: New Atheist (mevzafi, atheist + yahal, light + -i; based on lehoyahali, evangelical)
vazartnaskel: hierarchy of needs (vazart, need + naskel, pyramid)
naskelsund: to sacrifice liberty for security (naskel + sund, base (of a building))
lasussaphi: liberty-loving, freedom-loving (made of Ciladian roots: lasus, liberty, freedom + saph, to love + -i)
lasustyuph: eleutherophobia (made of Ciladian roots: lasus + tyuph, fear)
sekhustyuph: pediculophobia, phthirophobia (made of Ciladian roots: sekhus, louse + tyuph)
dziperia: pediculosis (dzipu, louse + -eria, suffix to make an abstract noun out of a concrete word)
dziperis: person with lice (dziperia + -is)
syamabtyuph: glossophobia (made of Ciladian roots: syamab, oratory, rhetoric + tyuph)
tudesshamtyuph: xenoglossophobia (made of Ciladian roots: tudes, foreign + sham, language + tyuph)
ashtyuph: anthropophobia (made of Ciladian roots: ash, person + tyuph)
estemebopat: gamergate (portmanteau of estemyul, sex + mebopat, worker (insect))
tegmisk: carabiner
oorglobavan: arthrodire (oor, like, as + globavan, Dunkleosteus)
ziyen-sikul: arthrosis (ziyen, problem + sikul, joint)
robigyol: rheumatic fever
phitki: automatic (weapon)
oiriklombi: year-end, end-of-year (~ goal) (oiri, year + klombos, to leave; close + -i)
dunoyeid-bwolwu: visible minority (dunoyeid, minority + bwolwu, eyes)
dunoyeid-mebwolwu: invisible minority (dunoyeid; me-, negative prefix + bwolwu)
hesezgwawe: demographic variable, axis of privilege (hesez, demographic group + gwawe, blank; variable)
suzafon: sousaphone (English borrowing)
atrapus: mandolin
droiski: banjo
fusharampt: elbow pit, cubital fossa, chelidon
naagab: cubital (of the forearm) (na, of + agab, forearm)
zhburk: to fight, to stop (I can't ~ that feeling)
kvarnazhi: scratchy cloth
bamspiwiz: to double-fist (alternate between two alcoholic drinks) (bam, two + spiwiz, to squirt)
holtzehimezis: quadrilingual (noun), tetraglot (hol, four + tzehimez, language + -is) (Word #67,500!)
shuyesbetzith: xenophilia (love between people of two different sapient species) (shuyes, across + betzith, love)
bibimbap: bibimbap (Korean borrowing)
basiksaphis: entomophile (basik, Ciladian root for insect + saph + -is)
muphkheni: myrmecophilous, ant-loving (made of Ciladian roots + muph, ant + kheni, neighboring)
kashphrutz: pull-up (kash, bar + phrutz, to pull)

And an idiom/proverb:

as andam, as geshtum: save the best for last (lit. "is last, is best")
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“prettydragoon” wrote: the rather odd milestone of 13,579 words
I finally see what you did there!
And why 24680 would even things up!
Wow, I’m not used to taking so long to get it!
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I don't. Could you enlighten?
Edit: Oh. Now I do. Disregard this.
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Word #67,890 in Kankonian: la*engov, meaning "modulus of elasticity". It comes from la*eng, the adjective for "elastic", plus the suffix -ov (ilt, tall -> iltov, height; burk, heavy -> burkov, weight, etc.)

Does 78,910 words count as a milestone? 91,011? I'll probably at least count 101,112 as a milestone . . . 123,456 definitely, if I get that far.
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70,000 words today!

Word #70,000 was gahetshik, meaning "megapixel". The gahe- at the beginning was taken from gahelsi (million). It was modeled after gahe*inam (megadeath). Tshik is simply the word for pixel.
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Happy news, everyone! Shaleyan has just notched its three thousandth word! The word was babaz, which means "numb".

This makes Shaleyan the second Lehola conlang to reach a lexicon of 3,000 words, and the second largest Lehola lexicon after Kankonian's monstrous 71,000.
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A few seconds ago, Achel reached 3,000 words with zhui, an adverb meaning "why (what purpose?)".

This makes Achel the third Leholang to reach 3,000 words, and the third largest Leholang lexicon after Shaleyan and Kankonian.
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I reached 72,500 words about an hour ago!

The milestone word was helno, a slangy word for "cavalier", in the sense of "uncircumcised male". It is short for helnaplis, which is from helnaplo (uncircumcised), plus the suffix -is, which indicates a person. Helnaplo, in turn, comes from hel (with) and naplo (foreskin).
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