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Weddisch mosschuk (pl. mosschukken ) /mɔz.ʒʊk/ [mɔʒʊk] 1. moss sprite Also known as houtschuk /hoʊt.ʃʊk/ “wood sprite” or waudschuk /vaʊd.ʒʊk/ “forest sprite.” Schuk is derived from Old English scucca (cf. English shuck) meaning “evil spirit, demon, devil” but has undergone semantic bleaching. I wa...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: rulayh /ʁuˈɫɑjχ/ - orthodox (etym. rula "one" + -ih (participle)). The Orthodox Church ( Rulayh Kutevi ), or Orthodoxy ( Rulayhkom ) is the predominant religion on Atil. Despite the name literally translating as "the one church,&qu...

First of all, I just want to make a general comment about how much I've enjoyed all of the detailed worldbuilding notes you've been including in your entries! Thank you! My apologies if I've accidentally overlooked the answer, but how long does each round last? Is there a set amount of time for eac...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: ugram /ˈuɡ.ʁɑm/ - "sonnet." A sort of fourteen-line Atili poem that is written as a form of meditation and religious advancement. Nobility and other well-off people will write poems that attempt to divine the nature of the gods. Poems a...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: dovnyeyli /dovˈɲɛɹ.ɫi/ - "pilgrimage, short trip" (etym. dovnye "road, journey" + -ili (diminutive)). It is common practice on Atil to make a pilgrimage to one of the eretaryad ("places of aether") regularly. It is m...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: vobrazaeÿdu /vobˌʁɑ.ʒʌˈɛɹ.du/ - "hide-and-seek" (lit "run to hide," etym. vobras "run" + -za (purposive converb) + eÿdu "hide"). A game enjoyed mostly by young children, in which players play alone or in sm...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: dubrin /ˈdub.ʁin/ - festival, holiday. The planet Atil orbits a star called Heyol, which forms a binary system with another star, Eos. The Teremi calendar is based on the eosal kata (draconic year, lit. "Eos year"), which measures the t...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: sudelani /ˌʃu.dɛˈɫɑ.ni/ - mystery novel (etym. sudelán Sudelán + -i (genitive)). Sudelán is a country to the south of Teremi known for its complex judicial procedure. Upon returning from a visit to the nation in the year 634Zz, the Teremi author ...

Jackk wrote: ↑13 Dec 2021 21:52 …over four hundred and fifty geese.

I hope some day you will deign to tell us the story of the four hundred and fifty geese.

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: lodadalim /ˌɫo.dʌˈdɑ.ɫim/ - "groundball" (etym. loda "ball" + dalim "ground"). A sport played with a weighted ball ( loda "ball" or lilikom "heavy thing"). Four players wearing shoes with metal to...

Atili has a strong derivational verbal system where most verbs of motion are formed by putting postional markers, infixed postpositions and/or nouns, and andative and venitive markers to the verb uleni. I could spend all week pulling out words like wobhiteskuvnileni "to come climbing down a mou...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: zi-zi zu-zu /ˈʒi.ʒi | ʒu.ʒu/ - Jack-of-all-trades. (etym. zi "person," reduplicated + zu "thing," reduplicated). Reduplication in Atili can be used for several purposes, including a full-word reduplication, which indicates the...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: sinka /ˈʃiŋ.kʌ/ - novice, the first stage of priesthood. Novices are people who have dedicated themselves to serve the Atili Orthodoxy but have not yet experienced alavasma ("revelation" or "new understanding"). After the alav...

Is it an animal?

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: usimvahna /ˌu.ʃimˈvɑχ.nʌ/ - windmaker (etym. urusim "winds" + vah make + -na (nominalizer)). Windmakers are sailors who steer ships by redirecting the wind in the right direction using the etawsim ("wind aether"). Despite the ...

Is it a person?

Is it a derogatory term for some sort of disliked group. Perhaps an overweight person, or a tax collector? (I'm not sure why that last one popped into my head, but I can't shake it.)

Jackk wrote: ↑08 Dec 2021 22:27 8m Lexembr
disceir /diˈxir/ [dɪˈçɪː]
- in linguistics, to lenite, to undergo lenition and soften, or else to undergo syncope (disappear from the interior of a word or phrase)

I love to see linguistic terms in conlangs!

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: dantana /dʌnˈtɑ.nʌ/ - healer (etym. danta "heal" + -na (nominalizer)). Atili healers use the etamïrus ("life aether") to heal injury or illness. Most healers in Teremi come from one of the 36 healer families called dadantanavi...

https://aray.conlang.org/img/eccles_atili.png Atili: hazovahna /ˌχɑ.ʒoˈvɑχ.nʌ/ - builder (etym. hazo "building" + vah make + -na (nominalizer)). Most buildings in Teremi are made of stone, mud bricks, or mud reinforced with reeds and grasses, as trees suitable for building are uncommon in...