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I knew I would forget to change it again this year

20th December :con: Elá píki-sáju /ˌpi.kiˈsa.ju/ - from píki "spike, thorn" and sáju "tree, wood, stick" 1.) spear >> 2.) (rarely) weapon 21st December :con: Elá me-mep'ú /mə.məˈpʼu/ - reduplication of mep'ú "kiss, affection" 1.) love 2.) to love >> 3.) (rarely) to prod...

18th December

Elá

wusú-qá /wuˌsuˈqa/ - from wusú "water" and qá "sand"
1.) beach

19th December

Elá

píki /ˈpi.ki/ - root word
1.) spike, sting, thorn
2.) spiny, thorny
3.) to sting

17th December

Elá

rerewú /rə.rəˈwu/ - reduplication of rewú "lion"
1.) a pride of lions
>> 2.) (rarely) any group of animals of the genus panthera

Did we guess captiāre already?

16th December

Elá

(hú*) áni jí /ˈa.ni ˈji/ - from áni "hand, arm" and jí "to take, to grab"
1.) to take some one's hand
>> 2.) to be with someone, to accompany someone, to do something together with someone

*= someone's

15th December

Elá

qʼurí-sé /qʼuˌriˈsə/ - from qʼurí "three" and sé "leaf"
1.) clover, cloverleaf

Torch has been sent.

14th December

Elá

ʔeʔáji /ʔəˈʔa.ji/ - onomatopoeia
1.) fennec, sand fox

Torch has been received.

13th December

Elá

ŋá /ˈŋa/ - root word
1.) flower
2.) blossom

Something like caCiCj-?

12th December

Elá

ʔilú-qʼewí /ʔiˌlu.qʼəˈwi/ - from ʔilú "bad, evil" and qʼewí "rock, stone"
1.) a smaller stone that makes one trip

11th December

Elá

ʔilú /ʔiˈlu/ - root word
1.) bad, unfavourable
2.) false
3.) evil, vicious

10th December

Elá

rewú /rəˈwu/ - onomatopoeia
1.) lion
>> 2.) (rarely) any animal of the genus panthera
3.) to roar

9th December

Elá

tʼená /tʼəˈna/ - onomatopoeia
1.) to call (an animal)
>> 2.) to lure, to attract
3.) the sound of calling an animal
>> 4.) name (of an animal)

8th December

Elá

tʼá /ˈtʼa/ - root word
1.) meat, flesh
>> 2.) food
>> 3.) animal

Allekanger wrote: ↑07 Dec 2019 12:54I really like this entry, both the Elá word itself and the effect of the reduplication!

Thank you! Your language looks really nice, especially <Q> /j/. Do you have a thread about it on here?

7th December

Elá

níni /ˈni.ni/ - root word
1.) sister

6th December

Elá

jáŋi /ˈja.ŋi/ - root word
1.) big, great, large
2.) tall, high

I'm fine with both options. Quicker results always sound nice, though