Lexember 16, 2019
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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vēvō: to be jealous of, envy
Two new words for the 16th:
Used adverbially with we (at, by)
Used adverbially with we (at, by)
These are composed of one/two + day, and as you can see each can be used to either mean one/two days after the day of speaking or one/two days before. The distinction is made by the verbs being used (future particle v past tense) or, if no verb is present in the immediate context, an adverb like after or before maybe used.
The construction is sort of productive, so you could say “five-day” to mean five days ago or five days later, but only certain combinations are conventionalized, like for weeks and months (whose lengths I haven’t determined yet, thus I don’t know the words yet).