Lexember 31
Welcome to the Lexember Challenge!
Every year, conlangers can take the opportunity for the month of December to challenge ourselves to add a new word to our conlang’s lexicon.
What word have you coined today? Any cultural or associated worldbuilding notes? Tell us about your inspiration!
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6 thoughts on “Lexember 31”
As with all my Lexember contributions, this final one also concerns Nahul.
lo-rup (v) ‘to do magic’, ‘to bespell someone’. Can be both transitive and intransitive. Can be used for benevolent magic but usually with a qualifier like nova, ‘good’ – without such clarification, the default assumption is that the magic is malevolent or at best otherworldly.
rupekh (n) ‘spell’ Class II
erup (n) ‘witch, magician, wizard’
Rupai gien! ‘I put a spell on you!’
Rupé inek! ‘You put a spell on me!/You cursed me!’
Ruplá inan! lit. ‘I am bespelled!’ (using the passive voice), i.e. ‘Someone has done magic on me!’
ra-rup ‘bespelled one’, ‘cursed one’
Tata esezá erup rupezá ho-timul. If I were a witch, I would bespell that man.
Senedarí ran-maddon kolu rumarí phi-rupekh. The Learned Ones don’t believe spells exist.
(Note: May not go for all Learned Ones!)
How fun! You’ve done such good words this Lexember!
Thanks! 😀
Last word is totally random, I just liked the sound and thought this was a good meaning for it
Na’ku /naʔku/ = to cut (with a knife or axe etc)
I like how the sound and the meaning match up. Nice one!
That’s a great word! Love the sound, and I can picture someone doing an awesome cutting move along with it!