OTʜᴇB wrote: ↑13 Feb 2020 22:40
Today, I re-emerged from the void. Aszev very kindly recovered this account for me as it had all but been lost to time. Spent some time lurking and having a massive nostalgia trip seeing all the usernames I recognised, and this evening I laid out a phonology and some phonotactics for the first bit of conlanging I've done in probably a couple of years now.
Feels nice to be back here.
Welcome back!
Have Orderlang and your other conlangs gathered so much dust as to be completely unsalvageable?
On Saturday and Sunday, I did C-words for Kankonian. I now have more than 375 new words, including:
kwushashui: cachaça
poidaika: caladium
ksadahens: caliper
zanzokyu: campion (
Lychnis) (
zanzo, tooth +
kyu, five)
zanzosem: campion (
Silene) (
zanzo +
sem, six)
segwigli: Campylobacter
fwifu*is: Candida
akhafla: canto; book (of epic poem, Tzalath, Bible, etc.)
zhodotheria: capacitance (
zhodoth, battery +
-eria, suffix to make a concrete word into an abstract noun)
bmevod: capstone
yigao: caracal
besrurkeph: cardiomyopathy (from Ciladian roots:
bes, heart +
rur, muscle +
keph, disease)
poskuthi: cardoon, artichoke thistle
dipsukah: carioca
semaviz ad tusthung: carpetbagger (lit. nidu salesman; nidu is a plant that produces an edible curd; its LIE name comes from Bodusian, but Kankonian has its own name,
tusthung. People would go out of their way to travel to other countries and planets to profit off of selling nidu.)
yehadehowia: carwash (
yehade, car, automobile +
howo, to wash +
-ia, suffix for a place)
kriskin: catecholamine (
kriska, adrenal +
-in, suffix for a hormone)
histhikh: caterwaul; to caterwaul
enezkhid hobepo: catfish (lit. "cornea account"; like a cornea with no eye behind it)
tigra: catsuit
izuezinos: causative (
izuez, causation +
-inos, suffix to form grammar words)
yoshedah: cenote
baikolas na Hudredemas: centerpoint ("center of Hudredemas", Hudredemas being the name of a Kankonian ancient)
pukyas: centriole (from the Ciladian for barrel)
gwouiks: cerebrospinal fluid, CSF
*ithabopod: chairlift (
*itha, chair +
bopod, stepping stone)
woiposvefaf: challah (
woipos, bubble +
vefaf, bread)
trenakh: charcuterie (meat); also
trenakheria with -eria for charcuterie (cooking) and
trenakhia with -ia for charcuterie (shop)
kyusikhos: chayote
pobling: cheapo
adpobling: to cheapen (
ad-, a prefix meaning "to" or "for" +
pobling)
saugisos: cheesecloth
aspapoimi: chikungunya virus (from some language of Kupulshas)
wukrenosar: chiller (that novel is a ~) (
wukrenos, spooky +
-ar, suffix to indicate a way)
zayakranan: chloramine (
zaya, nitrogen +
kranan, chlorine)
yayakeke: choirboy and
yayalazi: choirgirl (from repeating "yaya" from
yayar, to sing + the ends of
makeke, little boy and
malazi, little girl)
umasnakhdekat: chronometer (from Ciladian roots:
umas, time +
nakh, to measure +
dekat, machine)
kalboer: chuff; to chuff (tiger noise)
kadogas: churchyard
bligrishi: churro
bompshum: chyme
Kotodzik: Cimmerian (extremely dark) (after
Kotodza, a land in Renshan mythology said to be in 100% darkness +
-ik, suffix for a demonym)
khohass: cinder block, breeze block
merzad: circumcircle (
mer, around +
-zad, suffix for number of sides on a two-dimensional shape)
mergrizh: cladding (
mer +
grizh, optical fiber)
pad ad ksaro: classpack (lit. "set for the classroom")
uftenhid: claymore
tornosbaikolas: clearinghouse (
tornos, bank +
baikolas, center)
awivikaksith: cloudburst (
awivi, rain +
kaksith, bomb); I also used this as a synonym for
vaharshki likt (bath bomb); "vaharshki likt" means "pink shower", in case you were wondering
hotzakis: coachman (
hotzak, coach +
-is, suffix for a person) <-----
This was word #62,500!
ushblimes: codec (portmanteau of
ushblukhfash, encoder and
imesenfash, decoder)
karovmemelos: colorism (
karov, complexion +
memel, discriminatory or prejudiced (
narigmemel is sexist, for instance) +
-os, abstract noun suffix)
hes-hon: communiqué (
hes, out +
hon, document)
hozkosh: compactor
sekweidis: comptroller
meadkhazid: concealer (
mead, against +
khazid, mark)
hubanmeya (pl.
hubanmeyez): concertgoer (
huban, concert +
meya, person)
khedush: concha
abshewan: condensate (liquid) (
ab-, prefix meaning "from" +
shewan, condensation; to condense)
sikmou: condensate (in quantum physics) (borrowing from a language of Keitel)
keviko: conehead (hat)
lyubav: conjunct (borrowing from Ciladian:
lyu, with, to +
babh, truth)
bakhnafkh: consigliere (advisor in organized crime) (supposedly a borrowing)
tshusphour: consommé
huweshuhaniphadim: constitutionalism (borrowing from Shaleyan:
huweshuhani, constitution (
huwesh, nation +
hani, guide) +
phadim, philosophy)
ksrivvugis: constrictor (
ksriv, to constrict; constriction +
vugis, snake)
suvunek: constructivism (borrowing from Ciladian:
subhun, knowledge +
ek, to build)
aindan*aitzartfash, or
ain*ai for short: constructor (
aindan, copy +
*aitzart, to start/begin +
-fash, agent noun suffix)
adephetzi: consumable (
adephetz, to deplete, to run out of +
-i, adjective suffix)
sreandrispwiz: contracture (
srean, contraction +
drispwiz, deformity)
adpayi: contributory (
ad- +
pai, into +
-i)
meluzunga: controllable (
me-, prefix for not +
luzunga, uncontrollable)
trekuth: item of cookware ("cookware" is the plural,
trekuthes)
kasyuim: copine
amattapi: coqui (from a minority language once spoken on the continent of Povoi)
wofrispoda: cornflower (
Centaurea cyanus)
tz*ithis: cornstalk
khidu: crown (of milk falling on the floor) (from the Ciladian word for crown)
khidudopom: coronavirus (
khidu +
dopom, virus)
lizakukhanya: corporatocracy (borrowing from Shaleyan:
lizak, business, corporation +
khaña, rule, reign)
naidus: corpsman, corpswoman
abzentsevrith: counterintelligence (
abzent, to counteract +
sevrith, (military) intelligence)
ungshepang: counterpunch; to counterpunch (
ung, to counterbalance +
shepang, punch; to punch)
kidamoshuta: cowbell (for a cow) (borrowed from a language of Schaza, where the cow has been domesticated)
klingkling: cowbell (musical instrument)
tzatakadzh: crampon (an extension of
tzataki, shoe)
thakomenem: craniofacial (
thak, skull +
omen, face +
-em, suffix to turn body parts on the head into adjectives)
thoskogobas: craniosynostosis, cloverleaf skull
muyestorotzis: crewmate (
muye, also, fellow +
storotz, crew +
-is)
ollikak: crewneck (adj.) (
ol, the Kankonian letter O, which is shaped like the Roman alphabet's O +
likak, neck)
gherheduskfash: crimestopper (
gher, crime +
hedusk, to intervene +
-fash)
threshonia: cropland (
threshon, arable +
-ia)
khapad: to crop (of a machine)
khapadfash: cropper (
khapad +
-fash)
fmekhorkhos: croquette
ashta*uthis: crosstown (
ashta, opposite, across from +
*uthis, town, city)
glanashtizi: crostino
gvekwita: crudité
sofgola: crumpet
tansalkarmans: data cruncher, number cruncher (computer) (
tansal, data +
karmans, machine)
vushem-tansalkarmans: data cruncher, number cruncher (person) (
vushem, brain +
tansalkarmans; analogous to such words as
vushem-matakapt, walking encyclopedia)
duledukhul: cryotherapy (borrowing from Shaleyan:
dul, cold +
dukhul, therapy)
lidekhadaz: CTO (borrowing from Shaleyan:
lidekh, technology +
daz, head, chief)
volosmarkuz: cufflink (
volos, cuff +
markuz, button)
dramibak: cultivator
meiblutyemiz: curcumin (
meiblutyem, turmeric +
-iz, suffix for chemicals found in foods/plants)
shizipipsas, or, by haplology,
shizipsas: cutscene (
shizip, fast-forward +
ipsas, bit, as in "this little bit")
adolia: cuvier (
adol, to ferment; fermentation +
-ia)
dagismyuv: cytogenesis (from Ciladian roots:
dagis, unit; cell +
myubh, to form; formation)
sheldomungeria: cytoskeleton (
sheldomung, microtubule +
-eria)
windigukrass: cytosol (
windi, cell +
gukrass, sol (colloid))