It was originally the word for "girl", but I liked the idea that "boy" is a back-vowel word and "girl" as a front vowel word, and I didn't like how it sounded with /fæɾʲ/ as the first syllable.
Lexember 2024
Re: Lexember 2024
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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Re: Lexember 2024
Lexember 20—25
Pekhay/HTAP
kuèc4 n. surprise, start
hwáy2 n. boredom, languor, lethargy
ra2-wöz3 n. school
hö1 n. fight
saj4 n. graduation, (in addition to meanings as cut)
Backlog due to travel, and family time, so no Sardinian
Pekhay/HTAP
kuèc4 n. surprise, start
hwáy2 n. boredom, languor, lethargy
ra2-wöz3 n. school
hö1 n. fight
saj4 n. graduation, (in addition to meanings as cut)
Backlog due to travel, and family time, so no Sardinian
Edit: 1/14--realize I have one less word here than I would expect:
hën2-sa1 adj pregnant, expecting
hën2-sa1 adj pregnant, expecting
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Oh. Well, making "boy" a back-vowel word and "girl" a front-vowel word sounds like a good idea, at least.Shemtov wrote: ↑25 Dec 2024 21:57It was originally the word for "girl", but I liked the idea that "boy" is a back-vowel word and "girl" as a front vowel word, and I didn't like how it sounded with /fæɾʲ/ as the first syllable.
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Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels
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Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels
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31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!
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Dawn of the 26th Day. 137 Hours Remain
𝚛𝙱𝚛𝚕𝚙𝚜𝚌𝚐
# Pronunciation
chuff, long low weak whine, chuff, short rising strengthening grunt, yip, short low strong whine, short low weak growl
# Etymology
A clipped form of 𝚛𝙱𝚛𝚏𝚐 𝚋 𝚛𝙻𝙿𝚚𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚐 "(Saint) Starlight's fabric"
# Definition
## Noun
Velcro
# Lore
St. Starlight was a research monk, healer, and botanist who lived around the dawn of yinrih aeronautics. She studied the burs that would cling to the paws and tails of her and her fellow monks and posited that their mechanism of attachment could be replicated to make a reusable adhesive.
𝚛𝙱𝚛𝚕𝚙𝚜𝚌𝚐
# Pronunciation
chuff, long low weak whine, chuff, short rising strengthening grunt, yip, short low strong whine, short low weak growl
# Etymology
A clipped form of 𝚛𝙱𝚛𝚏𝚐 𝚋 𝚛𝙻𝙿𝚚𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚐 "(Saint) Starlight's fabric"
# Definition
## Noun
Velcro
# Lore
St. Starlight was a research monk, healer, and botanist who lived around the dawn of yinrih aeronautics. She studied the burs that would cling to the paws and tails of her and her fellow monks and posited that their mechanism of attachment could be replicated to make a reusable adhesive.
Re: Lexember 2024
Day 26
Hannaito (Entry 26):
mëno /məno/ [ˈmə̃.nɔ]
Noun:
1. eagle
2. raptor, bird of prey
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *mino "eagle". Cognates include Gampyo mino, Fiigarazg min, H-E mëna, and H-I ḿen.
Hannaito (Entry 26):
mëno /məno/ [ˈmə̃.nɔ]
Noun:
1. eagle
2. raptor, bird of prey
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *mino "eagle". Cognates include Gampyo mino, Fiigarazg min, H-E mëna, and H-I ḿen.
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Lexember 26 - Yélian
demian [ˈdeːmɪ̯ɐn] - imaginary friend, spiritual companion, manifested Id
Etymology: from Hermann Hesse's Demian, which caused a Hessemania in the Yéliosphere in the 40s and 50s.
USAGE NOTES: A demian usually refers to some kind of spiritual companion which is rather popular in Yélian culture that serves as an inner second voice guiding you towards your goals, similar to the character Demian in Hesse's novel (at least according to one popular interpretation; The other one is that Demian was actually a real person. But the latter interpretation is not popular at all in the Yéliosphere). There is a Yélian literature genre called Demianvius (Demian-like) which was popular in the aforementioned time period, where authors have verbal disputes with their demian.
It can also be used to refer to a child's more mundane imaginary friends, but occasionally oc
Bildroné Lina yianlobaiat ciytgaras, yaibirit tao demian cara yityaiutiʻedet pès værcær fecun baronal è setasé.
[bɨldɾɔ̈ˈneː ˈliːnɐ ɕɪ̯ɐnlɔ̈ˈbaːɪ̯ɐt‿ˈa̯iːˌxaːɾɐs, ʃaɪ̯ˈbiːɾɨt taʊ̯ ˈdeːmɪ̯ɐn ˈkaːɾɐ ɕɨt͡ʃɐɪ̯ʉtɨˈʔeːdət pɛs vœɾkəd̟ ˈɸeːkʉn bɐˈɾoːnɐl ɛ ˌseːtɐˈseː]
every_time_when PROP PST-NEC-decide-JUS.3SG something-difficult, PST-help-INV.3SG.ANIM 3SG.POSS spiritual_companion in_order_to PST-POT-through-navigate-3SG towards chaos with clarity and resolve
Whenever Lina faced a tough decision, her spiritual companion would help her navigate the chaos with clarity and resolve.
New words for the example sentence:
baronal [bɐˈɾoːnɐl] - clarity, levelheadedness; enlightenment
Etymology: Semantic extension; used to only mean "enlightenment"
setasé [ˌseːtɐˈseː] - resolve, determination
Etymology: from seta "to decide, determine" + nominalizer -sé
demian [ˈdeːmɪ̯ɐn] - imaginary friend, spiritual companion, manifested Id
Etymology: from Hermann Hesse's Demian, which caused a Hessemania in the Yéliosphere in the 40s and 50s.
USAGE NOTES: A demian usually refers to some kind of spiritual companion which is rather popular in Yélian culture that serves as an inner second voice guiding you towards your goals, similar to the character Demian in Hesse's novel (at least according to one popular interpretation; The other one is that Demian was actually a real person. But the latter interpretation is not popular at all in the Yéliosphere). There is a Yélian literature genre called Demianvius (Demian-like) which was popular in the aforementioned time period, where authors have verbal disputes with their demian.
It can also be used to refer to a child's more mundane imaginary friends, but occasionally oc
Bildroné Lina yianlobaiat ciytgaras, yaibirit tao demian cara yityaiutiʻedet pès værcær fecun baronal è setasé.
[bɨldɾɔ̈ˈneː ˈliːnɐ ɕɪ̯ɐnlɔ̈ˈbaːɪ̯ɐt‿ˈa̯iːˌxaːɾɐs, ʃaɪ̯ˈbiːɾɨt taʊ̯ ˈdeːmɪ̯ɐn ˈkaːɾɐ ɕɨt͡ʃɐɪ̯ʉtɨˈʔeːdət pɛs vœɾkəd̟ ˈɸeːkʉn bɐˈɾoːnɐl ɛ ˌseːtɐˈseː]
every_time_when PROP PST-NEC-decide-JUS.3SG something-difficult, PST-help-INV.3SG.ANIM 3SG.POSS spiritual_companion in_order_to PST-POT-through-navigate-3SG towards chaos with clarity and resolve
Whenever Lina faced a tough decision, her spiritual companion would help her navigate the chaos with clarity and resolve.
New words for the example sentence:
baronal [bɐˈɾoːnɐl] - clarity, levelheadedness; enlightenment
Etymology: Semantic extension; used to only mean "enlightenment"
setasé [ˌseːtɐˈseː] - resolve, determination
Etymology: from seta "to decide, determine" + nominalizer -sé
Please call me Iyion [ˈiːɕɪ̯ɔ̈n]
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ṛa-pirtat n. two-lined spittlebug (prosapia bicincta)
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ṛa-pirtat n. two-lined spittlebug (prosapia bicincta)
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Hagzu
[ˈhaɡzu]
Goose
Horseplay/messing around
Hagzätra
[haɡˈzətɹa]
To mess around
[ˈhaɡzu]
Goose
Horseplay/messing around
Hagzätra
[haɡˈzətɹa]
To mess around
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Play
paneīs, a tribe with only one homeland.
paneīsu, a paneīs that is a minority even its own homeland.
paneīsa, a paneīs that is a majority in its homeland but lives nowhere else.
There are tribes that live in compact habitats and those that live spread out. The latter type is typically exogamous and I think of them as more like political parties than tribes, but even these groups tend to be mostly hereditary rather than seeing people rapidly join and leave as their opinions change, and their ideologies may be very similar to their greatest enemies' ideologies, so in a sense they are still very tribelike.
Whereas by contrast the paneīs groups are tribelike all the time, with little ideology to unite them, since they would rather stay close to an ideological enemy who shares their ancestry than join with an ideological ally who does not.
paneīs, a tribe with only one homeland.
paneīsu, a paneīs that is a minority even its own homeland.
paneīsa, a paneīs that is a majority in its homeland but lives nowhere else.
There are tribes that live in compact habitats and those that live spread out. The latter type is typically exogamous and I think of them as more like political parties than tribes, but even these groups tend to be mostly hereditary rather than seeing people rapidly join and leave as their opinions change, and their ideologies may be very similar to their greatest enemies' ideologies, so in a sense they are still very tribelike.
Whereas by contrast the paneīs groups are tribelike all the time, with little ideology to unite them, since they would rather stay close to an ideological enemy who shares their ancestry than join with an ideological ally who does not.
Mīppam pumipembevamam.
Don't pretend in the sand. (Play)
Don't pretend in the sand. (Play)
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Lexember 27 - Yélian
miybita [ma̯iːˈbiːtɐ] - to break up (end a romantic relationship)
Etymology: semantic extension, miybita also means "to split up"
USAGE NOTES: miybita is transitive unlike the English "to break up". You literally say "I want to split us apart".
Yaidéselrosènezatsanai pèscelit èpabetál yeizai æ'mindal pi yanat ivamiybitai.
[ʃaɪ̯ˌdeːsˌelɾɔ̈sɛˌneːɟɐt͡sˈaːnaɪ̯ pɛskəlɨt ˌɛpɐbəˈtaːl ˈʃɛɪ̯ɟaɪ̯ əˈmindɐl pi ˈʃaːnɐt ɨʋɐma̯iːˈbiːtaɪ̯]
PST-already-long-and-thorough-think-1SG back_to_it and_then PST-reach-1SG DEF.CONC=facit that 1PLIN.OBL VOL-break_up-1SG
I have thought long and thoroughly about it, and I came to the conclusion that I want to break up with you.
New word for the example sentence:
ezats [ˈeːɟɐt͡s]- thorough, targeted, specific
Etymology: from eza "to target, to reach"
miybita [ma̯iːˈbiːtɐ] - to break up (end a romantic relationship)
Etymology: semantic extension, miybita also means "to split up"
USAGE NOTES: miybita is transitive unlike the English "to break up". You literally say "I want to split us apart".
Yaidéselrosènezatsanai pèscelit èpabetál yeizai æ'mindal pi yanat ivamiybitai.
[ʃaɪ̯ˌdeːsˌelɾɔ̈sɛˌneːɟɐt͡sˈaːnaɪ̯ pɛskəlɨt ˌɛpɐbəˈtaːl ˈʃɛɪ̯ɟaɪ̯ əˈmindɐl pi ˈʃaːnɐt ɨʋɐma̯iːˈbiːtaɪ̯]
PST-already-long-and-thorough-think-1SG back_to_it and_then PST-reach-1SG DEF.CONC=facit that 1PLIN.OBL VOL-break_up-1SG
I have thought long and thoroughly about it, and I came to the conclusion that I want to break up with you.
New word for the example sentence:
ezats [ˈeːɟɐt͡s]- thorough, targeted, specific
Etymology: from eza "to target, to reach"
Please call me Iyion [ˈiːɕɪ̯ɔ̈n]
Re: Lexember 2024
Day 27
Hannaito (Entry 27):
towëq /towəʔ/ [ˈto.wəʔ]
Noun:
1. horse
2. horseback rider
3. cavalry
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *cowiq "horse". Cognates include Gampyo foi, Fiigarazg šövəʔ, H-E chawëʼ, and H-I cav́i.
Hannaito (Entry 27):
towëq /towəʔ/ [ˈto.wəʔ]
Noun:
1. horse
2. horseback rider
3. cavalry
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *cowiq "horse". Cognates include Gampyo foi, Fiigarazg šövəʔ, H-E chawëʼ, and H-I cav́i.
It had a similar effect on me when I was 17-18, haha. I haven't read it since then, but I remember finding it very interesting.
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Dawn of the 27th Day. 111 Hours Remain
𝙿𝙽𝚚𝙲𝚋
# Pronunciation
long high weakening grunt, huff, late low weakening whine
# Etymology
𝙿𝙽𝚚 (pure, clean) + ‑𝙲𝚋 (cause to become)
# Definition
## Verb
To clean, purify, tidy up
Phoning it in today, so no lore.
𝙿𝙽𝚚𝙲𝚋
# Pronunciation
long high weakening grunt, huff, late low weakening whine
# Etymology
𝙿𝙽𝚚 (pure, clean) + ‑𝙲𝚋 (cause to become)
# Definition
## Verb
To clean, purify, tidy up
Phoning it in today, so no lore.
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ṛa-ruyal n. great blue heron (ardea herodias)
"Eng. royal"
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ṛa-ruyal n. great blue heron (ardea herodias)
"Eng. royal"
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I just read it last week and it reminded me that I used to have a Demian myself at around the same age (17, 18). He disappeared when I became the person I had wanted to be. Expressing these things in my personal conlang might be my favorite part of this obscure hobby!
Lexember 28 - Yélian
mican [ˈmiːkɐn] - former friend, lost friend, involuntary no-contact; non-romantic holiday acquaintance
Etymology: related to muca "to perish, to sink, to disappear"
USAGE NOTES: a mican is a person who used to be a somewhat close friend that you've lost contact with without really wanting to. The kind of person where, due to changing life situations, all of a sudden you think back at them fondly and realize you haven't spoken for three years.
It is NOT used when the contact stopped voluntarily, neither by a fight nor by the other person nor being interested in contact (careful observers of Lexember might remember that in 2023 I created the adjective cepale for that). A mican is a person where you'd expect to immediately reconnect with and expect the other person to think the same.
Nat yicrubai pun reo bácabat pun cloud o'foton, yikaidai foto o'Pato, mican bar vinúestao - bar ilvatan cîyvalyivalest, cut niscitbai pi vat yinus dirovalitfainacvest.
[nat ɕɨˈkruːbaɪ̯ pun ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ˈbaːkɐbɐ‿pun klɔʊ̯d ɔ̈ˈɸoːtɔ̈n, ɕɨˈkaɪ̯daɪ̯ ɸoːtɔ̈ ɔ̈ˈpaːtɔ̈, ˈmiːkɐn bad̟ vɨˈnuː.əstaʊ̯ - bad̟ ɨlˈvaːtɐn kɨɕvɐlɕɨˈʋaːləst‿ʉt ˈniskɨbaɪ̯ pi vat ˈʃiːnʉs dɨɾɔ̈ˌʋaːlɨtaɪ̯ˈnakvəst]
when PST-browse-1SG in 1SG.POSS storage in cloud DEF.GEN=photo-PL, PST-stumble_across-1SG photo DEF.GEN=PROP, lost_friend from university - from year-PL not_anymore-PST-talk-1PLEX, but sure-COP.1SG that DEM moment COND-FUT-again-get_along_well-1PLEX
While browsing through my cloud image storage, I came across a picture of Pato, an old friend from college—it's been years, but I’m sure we’d pick up right where we left off.
New words for the example sentence:
cruba [ˈkruːbɐ] - to browse, to look around in something aimlessly
Etymology: semantic extension - cruba also means "to dig, to barrow"
cloud [ˈklɔʊ̯d] - cloud (Web Service)
Etymology: loan from English cloud but pronounced like a Yélian word.
fainaca [ɸaɪ̯ˈbiːkɐ] - to get on well with someone, to hit it off with someone; to have a good conversation
Etymology: from fai "good" + naca "to talk"
Please call me Iyion [ˈiːɕɪ̯ɔ̈n]
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Soma
Atir
[aθːiɹ~əθːil]
To hang around
To hang out
I’ve officially stopped working on Üsbu Zaloto & have started the Soma lexicon, so all lexember words from here on out (which aren’t many left) will be in Soma.
Ps this is for day 27
Atir
[aθːiɹ~əθːil]
To hang around
To hang out
I’ve officially stopped working on Üsbu Zaloto & have started the Soma lexicon, so all lexember words from here on out (which aren’t many left) will be in Soma.
Ps this is for day 27
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Day 28
Hannaito (Entry 28):
toyëq /tojəʔ/ [ˈto.jɪ̈ʔ]
Noun:
1. rabbit, bunny
2. hare
3. a term of endearment
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *toyiq "rabbit". Cognates include Gampyo toi, Fiigarazg töyəʔ, H-E tayëʼ, and H-I tayi.
Hannaito (Entry 28):
toyëq /tojəʔ/ [ˈto.jɪ̈ʔ]
Noun:
1. rabbit, bunny
2. hare
3. a term of endearment
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hannaitoan *toyiq "rabbit". Cognates include Gampyo toi, Fiigarazg töyəʔ, H-E tayëʼ, and H-I tayi.
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Dawn of the 28th Day. 88 Hours Remain
𝚛𝚋𝚛𝚋
# Pronunciation
chuff, short low weak whine, chuff, short low weak whine
# Definition
## Verb
1. to itch
2. to chafe, cause discomfort
rBFqMr rbrb g rnql.
These covers chafe my paws.
𝚛𝚋𝚛𝚋
# Pronunciation
chuff, short low weak whine, chuff, short low weak whine
# Definition
## Verb
1. to itch
2. to chafe, cause discomfort
rBFqMr rbrb g rnql.
These covers chafe my paws.
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Boo
[buː~boː]
Baby/child
[buː~boː]
Baby/child
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ṛa-taṛaya n. eastern chipmunk (tamias striatus)
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ṛa-taṛaya n. eastern chipmunk (tamias striatus)
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LCV Categories for Week 5
Animals (Part IV)
More Animals (Part V)
Animal Body (Part IV)
More Animal Body (Part V)
Animals (Part IV)
Spoiler:
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Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels
My Kankonian-English dictionary: Now at 108,000 words!
31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!
Squirrels chase koi . . . chase squirrels
My Kankonian-English dictionary: Now at 108,000 words!
31,416: The number of the conlanging beast!