pohep X: to read X's lips
nenetzskwelshfash or
neskwel for short: lip gloss (
nenetz, lip +
skwelsh, to shine (as in shining someone's shoes), to burnish +
-fash, agent noun suffix)
lusha: hippie (someone with unconventionally long hair) (from a proper name)
threvrekh: crusty (of hair)
predosaharderia: cheering section, cheerleading squad (figuratively) (
predos, fan +
ahard, to root, to cheer +
-eria, suffix to make an abstract noun out of a concrete word)
uguvari or
entzi: jealous (not wanting to lose what one already has)
arditzososi: unwritten (an ~ story) (
arditz, to write, to author +
-os, future tense suffix +
-os, another future tense suffix to indicate future-in-future +
-i, adjective suffix)
semetakmalekh: to release one's inhibitions (
semetak, inhibition +
malekh, to free, to liberate, to emancipate)
zh*aizi: to know what it's like to
aunerdzh: not to know what it's like to
barbarphushdyatem: saponin (
barbar, soap +
phushdyatem, glycoside)
dyasha: nak, cow (female yak) (borrowed from a language of Dumang)
byuzha: bull, yak (male yak) (borrowed from a language of Dumang)
kobibwissa: Lernfreiheit (borrowed from a language of Kupulshas)
oeldozalgabis: MGTOW (
oel-, without +
dozalgab, astrolabe +
-is, suffix for a person -- an allusion to the phrase "like a clam needs an astrolabe", meaning "like a fish needs a bicycle")
nanbed: ectopia, dystopia, heterotopia (made of Ciladian roots:
nan, wrong +
bed, place, site)
gomez na Mesoshabaz: Mesoshabaz Chart (foursquare chart that divides people into moral relativist, social conformist, transcendentalist, and traditionalist) (lit. "chart/table of Mesoshabaz", Mesoshabaz being the surname of its Shaleyan inventor)
gomez na Nataraizh: Pournelle Chart (lit. "chart/table of Nataraizh", Nataraizh being someone's name)
vegyeta: passion (music is my greatest ~)
makanosgher: crime of passion (
makan, passionate +
-os, suffix equivalent to -ness +
gher, crime)
tederi or
yeskaltederi: parsimonious (conforming to Occam's razor) (
yeskal Tederik, the Tederian Onion, Kankonia's equivalent of Occam's razor +
-i)
thido: skittle (wooden target)
helbamdonam: second lady, second gentleman (
hel, with +
bam, two +
donam, president)
helhyumin: first lady, first gentleman (spouse of the governor) (
hel +
hyumin, governor)
geselangi or
sheizipi geselangi: three-legged race (
sheizipi, race +
gesel, to share +
angi, leg)
krensheizipi: sack race (
kren, bag, sack +
sheizipi)
bispretheria: monster truck rally (
bisp rether, the letters B R, initialism for
bordar ratzeyinti or monster truck (lit. "cannibalistic truck") + either
-eria or
-ia, the latter of which indicates a place)
Mukveph: Mukbheph (region on old maps where monsters were thought to live) (from Ciladian:
muk, unknown +
bheph, world)
dyumud: dyumud (sea serpent with three heads thought to live in Mukbheph) (from Ciladian:
dyu, three +
mud, head)
nalmud: nalmud (one of a race of people with lion's heads thought to live in Mukbheph) (from Ciladian:
nal, lion +
mud)
ruvuphas: rubhuphas (white wolf with a human head thought to live in Mukbheph) (from Ciladian:
rubh, white, albino +
uphas, wolf)
zankyuis: quindecaplet (
zan, ten +
kyu, five +
-is -- cf.
bamis, twin, emis,
triplet)
fkoburar: Egyptian mongoose, ichneumon (
Herpestes ichneumon)
boltas mui lefzhatas: rainbows-and-unicorns (lit. "tulips and sunflowers")
adbinggudum: flag, to (~ed the comment for harassment) (
ad-, prefix for for/to +
bing gudum, red flag (lit. "red beeper"))
hekhekhkarol: hate speech (
hekhekh, bigotry +
karol, speech)
zevekfartarfash: edgelord (
zevek, edge, edginess +
fartarfash, show-off)
atotun: autotune (borrowing from English)
khidtaikh: chidtaich (pitch correction software commonly used in the Lehola Galaxy) (borrowing from Achel:
chid, voice +
taich, to correct, to fix)
hothenles: living years (
hoth, alive +
enles, time)
wanaspesh: toilet bowl (
wana, water +
spesh, part, piece)
zipikarmans: machine-processed (
zipi, through +
karmans, machine)
prinupalas: fork (something branched off) (
prin, new +
upalas, branch)
nudzhfulas: spam clean-up (
nudzh, spam +
fulas, mop)
meznez: feature (as opposed to bug) (
me-, prefix for not +
znez, bug)
khlitidom: nucule, nutlet
narateria asa: fast fashion (lit. "ephemeral fashion/clothing industry")
hekhio-laiskat: automatic page-turner (
hekhio, finger +
laiskat, page)
mormol Amadzhik: Syrian hamster, golden hamster (lit. "Amadian hamster", Amadian being an ancient country in the fertile cradle of civilization on Kankonia)
khraibips: Roborovski hamster, desert hamster
mormol ramboli: dwarf hamster (lit. "gregarious hamster")
vianmien: Chinese hamster (borrowing from some language of Dumang)
oulsaladis: betabuxxer (
oul, only +
saladis, provider)
spulsha: spilth, spillage (that which is spilt)
khikikomori: hikikomori (borrowing from Japanese)
vobitshtuvi: gun-toting (
vobit, gun +
shtuv, to tote (a gun) +
-i)
zipinaspos: to circulate; circulation (of letter, viral web content) (
zipi +
naspos, web, network)
dorumphi barzozi: prison-industrial complex (lit. "Big Prison")
vivius: vivius (unit of the fineness of yarn equal to the fineness of a yarn weighing one tzandar for each 75 tzetz)
ols*itzi: crunk (crazy and drunk), hyphy (
ol, alcohol, liquor +
s*itz, lightning +
-i)
iul na tipitap: impostor syndrome (lit. "syndrome of the automatic piano")
khazmakharis: almighty one (
khazmakhar, almighty, omnipotent +
-is)
ninyas mui nenyas: dribs and drabs (
mui means and; the plurals
nenyas and
ninyas were made up to sound like little things)
vuvuarkhak: dropstone (
vuvu, to embed +
arkhak, rock, stone)
tidoufu: dirk, bassy
Blututh: Bluetooth (Terran borrowing)
mekyus: eye closure (borrowing from Ciladian)
moshimeta: racial quota, quota system (hybrid of
moshi, ancestry, and
moshumeta, quota (minimum))
nogosh-starab: glass ceiling (
nogosh, breast +
starab, to bind)
bagod-starab: plastic ceiling (limited opportunities for people who do not own a credit card) (
bagod, cash +
starab)
A bunch of adjectives for bacterium and virus types, such as
lithigu*ini (spirochaetal) and
khidudopomi (coronaviral)
shupheft: to wear off (of a spell, make-up)
hesashipizpebebe: glass distillation vessel (
hesa, glass +
shipiz, distillation; to distill +
pebebe, vessel)
diskov: petty crime
diskovis: petty thug (
diskov +
-is)
kalpstzehi: lostlang (
kalps, hidden +
tzehi, short for
tzehimez (language))
rekidtzehi: hatelang (
rekid, to hate +
tzehi)
bashtzehi: hoaxlang (
bashadeg, hoax +
tzehi)
bayistzehi: worldlang (
bayis, world +
tzehi)
zhonuaktzehi: powerlang (IAL with lexicon and grammar derived from the languages of the galaxy's superpowers) (
zhonuak, as in
zhonuakpoilang, superpower (lit. "jaguar country") +
tzehi)
yoeroklon: Euroclone (English borrowing)
kalostzehi: colllang, collaborative conlang (
kalos, multiple, as in
kalosarditzineyis, collaborative fiction (lit. "multiple author fiction") +
tzehi)
kalosbayis: colworld, collaborative conworld (
kalos +
bayis)
aus-hakhi: well-defined (
aus-hakh, to crisply define +
-i)
halbayisemi: catholic (opposite of provincial) (
hal-, prefix for all +
bayis +
em, to see +
-i)
adzentenzbompum or its initialism
zeki bisp: to TNT (rewrite a wiki article from scratch) (
ad- +
zentenzbompum, wrecking ball)
khofembotethes: housekeeping (type of edits on a wiki) (lit.
khofembo, spider +
tethes, to kill)
mekarolme*osfash or
meme*osfash: nonlanger (
me- +
karol +
me*os, to invent +
-fash)
fasbi*: a little something (
fas, something +
-bi, suffix for something specific with "some" correlatives +
-i*, diminutive suffix)
shuhaltzehi: bogolang, graftlang (
shuhal, palimpsest +
tzehi)
dadmingkediyash: antilock brake (
dad, jammed +
-ming, suffix for -free +
kediyash, brake)
yisgirimfash: truthseeker; truther (person who rejects the official story on an event) (
yis, truth +
girim, to seek +
-fash)
golgapira: South American horned frog, Pacman frog (borrowing from Povoian)
blipht: to blow a raspberry, to razz
bliphtbein: enfant provocateur (
blipht +
bein, boy, young man, lad, guy)
yolkwatti: yolquatti (culture-mocking clown in Disque communities) (Disque borrowing)
epsendi: epsendi (mask worn by yolquattis) (Disque borrowing)
tzkwani: tsquani (spear carried by yolquattis) (Disque borrowing)
kaubretta: kaobretta (rhinestoned bodice worn by yolquattis) (Disque borrowing)
skwebrau: squebrao (leather halter top worn by the Disque, with rhinestones where the breasts are) (Disque borrowing)
psanskwebrau: turquoise top (variation on the squebrao, with turquoise instead of rhinestones) (Disque borrowing)
hipogrif: hippogriff (English borrowing)
ambondo: ambondo (wool face mask worn by the Disque around places inhabited by mice) (Disque borrowing)
nassalaun: to ritualistically burn clothing touched by mice (Disque borrowing)
pagoliotrat: cap and bells (
pagolio, clown's-hat mushroom +
trat, hat, cap)
tlathtzi: caparison
yapsipanta: yapsipanta (hairless light brown hot dog breed bred by the Disque)
tzkwaibama: tsquaibama (hairless black dog breed that resembles a bulldog, bred by the Disque)
greihaund: greyhound (Terran borrowing)
sholowitzkwintli: xoloitzcuintli (Terran borrowing)
-- and with the addition of this word, my English-Kankonian dictionary now has 200 entries beginning with X
kthuptas: kthuptas (spotted northern Hegheosik dog breed with heavy face, loose cheeks, droop ears, and a thick, black tongue)
A whole bunch of adjectives derived from the proper nouns of Kankonian historical figures, such as
wesfuizh (pertaining to the Kabuvian philosopher Wesfu) and
kerinizh (pertaining to the Hegheosik assassin Kerina)
ravatheghizh: Ravatheghian (suggestive of the Renshan demon Ravathegh) (
Ravathegh +
-izh, suffix to form an adjective out of a proper name)
iul na Spitzan: Spitzan syndrome (the phenomenon of presenting a question/poll and not getting the answer/results you want and expect) (lit. "Spitzan syndrome", from the Hegheosik public relations manager Spitzan)
kekhrenlil: hermeneutics (made of Ciladian roots:
kekh, to etch; text +
ren, to read; to tell (someone to do something) +
lil, how (what manner/method))
zetzblanks: zoilus, aristarch
A bunch of -ian/-esque words from Terran names, such as
klimtizh (Klimtian),
kobeinizh (Cobainesque),
madanaizh (Madonnaesque), and
boushizh (Bushian)
yambitas (pl.): toad in the hole, sausage toad
egotshebashrud: bug-on-a-stick (
egotsheba, ladybug +
shrud, moss)
egotshebashrudnakhi: buxbaumiaceous (
egotshebashrud +
nakhi, family)
pisnoik: sexbot (borrowing from Achel:
pis, sex, intercourse +
noik, robot)
shekzogh: pershekile (equivalent of percentile, based on 256 quantiles) (borrowing from Achel:
shek, 256 +
zoj, quantile)
zonzogh-hhoud: hexadecile scale (scale of measuring a person's attractiveness, from 1 for least hot to 16 for hottest) (borrowing from Achel:
zon, sixteen +
zoj +
hhoud, scale)
adsameroseria: looksmaxxing (for males) (
ad- +
Sameros, Adonis +
-eria)
adlideria or
adliileria: looksmaxxing (for females) (
ad- +
lidia or
liila, both meaning belle, fox, beautiful woman +
-eria)
ksauboil: venus clam
samoi: Beau Brummell
iklid: grade (position within a scale)
deha: gradian, grade, grad (shortened from
dehaktzap, right angle)
sudal karak: grad night (lit. "black graduation" -- cf.
blahatz karak, all-nighter, lit. "black day")
brauskwissan: werehedgehog (Disque borrowing)
gorogo: werefrog
dutzgorogo: weretoad (
dutz, toad +
gorogo)
korakyala: wereraven (
korak, raven +
-yala, ending common on bird therianthropes)
dutzi: bufonine (
dutz +
-i)
bwisu na Manihou: Kondratiev wave, supercycle, long wave, K-wave (lit. "Manihou wave", Manihou being the name of an economist from the Lehola Galaxy)
wudaning: funicular railway (
wudan, mountain +
ing, cable)
huwosnazral: nightstaff (collective) (
huwos, night +
nazral, staff)
huwosnazralis: nightstaff (singular) (
huwosnazral +
-is)
Faghlu Ferena: expy (the name Aghlu Serena from the "
Red and Blue" character, with the name altered to begin with F's)
donatios: chivalry (as practiced by Hegheosik knights) (
donati, knightly +
-os)
ighurga: ighurga (chivalry as practiced by Renshan knights) (Renshan borrowing)
bushido: bushido (Terran borrowing)
ukliv: anastrophe (borrowing from Ciladian:
uk: back, backward +
libh: to speak; speech)
woyumeria: pity party (
woyum, self-pity +
-eria)
froaz*usgmand: nonliability (which becomes a liability once payable) (
froaz, zygote +
*usgmand, liability)
Idioms and structures:
os yikt kud: no match for (lit. "not a spark next to")
Turuth az ihemas o pure as bukent shil kovei.: There IS a clock that's always facing you; it's called a watch. (lit. "A clock that is always facing one is familiar as a watch.")