Lexember 18, 2021

Lexember 18, 2021

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 18, 2021

  1. So was again working in abstentia from getting them here, but have been trying to figure out IPA transcription rules and realizing I was using ties wrong on diphthongs, and honestly, sometimes it’s a pain even though it’s good to have because I tend to narrow transcription. Urgh, but without getting into IPA here, the backlog:

     

    K2-Nar

    1. empreta: to hunt together (as a social or companionable activity)
    2. imea: eye
    3. nij: blood
    4. nijeres: divine power (godsblood)
    5. yaiye: water
    6. dini: (any member of any species of) small, migrating songbird
    7. mouwe: divine yellow
    8. njeho: light breeze; someone who passes through quickly or only stays for brief visits (shorter than is polite)
    9. nwehi: path
    10. nyemouwe: divine white
    11. payat: bread
    12. pwuteks: bed; bed of a body of water, seafloor
    13. tsabi: body
    14. vurte: burn wound
    15. busihts: fetus; pregnant
    16. ikiets: to stab
    17. njikh: tooth
    18. suarot: tree
    19. teɡh: knife
    20. ts’awi mountain; (poetic) dragons
    21. tsadi river

     

    K3-Nar

    • -ouwe: divine, exceeding

     

    Derived from color terms, oddly enough, but this leads to the whole comparative suffix when combined with glory, eventually, so a nice find.

     

    God’s Tongue

    1. asáta: hurricane / storm wind
    2. atrídz: wolf
    3. Mouatrídzë: yellow wolf
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    1. njeho: light breeze; someone who passes through quickly or only stays for brief visits (shorter than is polite)
      I love that they have a word for this!

      And cool to see compounds in action with Mouatrídzë !

      I wonder what poems might sound like in this language that seems so lyrical…

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