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Lexember 2017

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Since nobody has started a thread for Lexember yet, let me. For those who don't know, the idea is to coin at least one new word every day of December. This thread is to be able to share what we have created and/or get motivated by others.

Let's start.
Spoiler:
I'll probably post two words tomorrow as its 7pm and I'm still at work...
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I'm doing Daa Sevǔihk and Proto-M̟oḩaic:

Proto-M̟oḩaic:
ʕəjnawb "Grape vine"

Daa Sevǔihk:
<Eis> "Fire"
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I'll participate with Cissian. I try to do two words a day, because my December will be very busy and I still would like to coin about thirty new words.

Lexember 1st:

:con: Cissian


почотак m/inan - beginning, start, commencement, (rarely) origin
  • počótak /poˈtʃo.tak/ ; gen. singular: почотка počótka /poˈtʃo.tka/; nom. plural: почотки počótki /poˈtʃo.tki/
  • From почоцi (počóci) "to begin (perf.)", from Proto-Slavic *po- and *čęti "to begin", suffixed with *-ъkъ.
Дэцэмбр m/inan - December
  • Decémbr /deˈtsem.br̩/ ; gen. singular: Дэцэмбра Decémbra /deˈt͡sem.bra/; nom. plural: Дэцэмбри Decémbri /deˈt͡sem.bri/
  • From Latin december "December", replaced older Грудян (Hrúdjan) "December, November" from Proto-Slavic *gruda "heap, clod", suffixed with *-ьnъ.
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Since I'm trying to get more words for Qutrussan, why not! I'll try and do some sisterlang words too.

fire
gia /gi:ǝ/
eğēgħ /ɛɣɛ:ʕ/
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This is the first time i have participated in Lexember, i will be doing two words a day in multiple conlangs.

:con: Psıhı Mìnungusıqa

Kıstmaso /kistmaso/, christmas.
Psuchìcgì /p͡sut͡ʃɪkgɪ/, winter, snowy day, cold.

:con: Podmåri

Moddi /mɑɖɪ/, mountain.
Ŝoțacimońazu /sʷɑtʼat͡ʃɪmɑŋazɯ/, a snowstorm so massive that it consumes everything for hundreds of miles.

:con: Armalen

Meuqpa /mʲuqpɑ/, spoon, to discreetly observe sexual activities.

Nünzekamsernë /nɔ̞nzekɑmʃʲernœ̞/, the feeling of being in your home after a long day out.
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:con: Pabappa

sadip "hedgehog", from Bābākiam sa mibi pi "(one who) has swords on their back in a forest"
pumpani "pumpkin", from Bābākiam tua napa ne, "vine pumpkin apple"
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Wäjāpu (Day 1):

qyōrä /jˀoːɽə/ (n.) night, nightime, darkness


Example:

Ning qyōrä re qmūcatang čiyō.
ning qyōrä=re qmūca-ta-ng=čiyō
1s.NOM night=LOC see-POT-1s=DIM
I can kind of see in the dark.

Shemtov wrote: 01 Dec 2017 21:42 Daa Sevǔihk:
<Eis> "Fire"
Heh, was this intentional?
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Proto-Takur *dóńéesedéq, fire
→ Tōkretū /táɲêːsèté/
→ U:ku:jéθétá: /t͡swéŋeːθet͡sá/
→ Dékrena /ˈtéɲesta/
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Alright, I'm actually going to try this. This could help motivate me to post more conlang stuff [:)]

:con: Lihmelinyan

bnátemi - "I hate"

rel. to bnátus - hatred, hate
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1st - hükedhails [ˌhykɛˈðajls] n. collarbone, clavicle

Söb lé chí hükedhailsít chü ngérhüjebön'gérhaksün tsídal.
3SG-NOM AUX.PAST DEF clavicle-ACC DEF bicycle.accident-INSTR break
He broke his collarbone in the bicycle accident.
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Lexember 1st

Project Limestone

axíłła n. - fire
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Lexember 2nd:

:con: Cissian


хладни adj. - cold, cool
  • xládni /ˈxla.dni/
  • From Proto-Slavic *xoldьnъ "cold".
мрзнэцi verb, 2 - to freeze, to feel cold
  • mŕznecji /ˈmr̩.zne.t͡sʲi/ ; perfective: змрзнэцi zamŕznecji /zaˈmr̩.zne.t͡sʲi/; first person present: мрзнем mŕznjem /ˈmr̩.zʲnʲem/; past participle (masc.): мрзнэл mŕznel /ˈmr̩.znel/
  • From Proto-Slavic *mъrznǫti "to freeze (?)", from Proto-Slavic *morzъ "frost". Perfect form prefixed with za- "perfective forming prefix", from Proto Slavic *za-.

Shemtov wrote: 01 Dec 2017 21:42"Fire"
Davush wrote: 01 Dec 2017 22:06fire
Yrusia wrote: 02 Dec 2017 07:53fire
DesEsseintes wrote: 02 Dec 2017 11:43fire
If I didn't have a word for fire already, I definitely would have joined you today! [:P]
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:con: :got: Gotski
I’m sensing a theme so I’ll post a few inspired by others...
калдс “cold” Masc. 1
фрюсан “to freeze” Strong 2; impf; past - фрос; past participle - фрусанс
вѧтрос “winter” Masc. 3
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I will be running with Nakarian. It's a temporary name for a language of a culture set in the conworld I mentioned a while ago. I'm sure I'll get around to writing something about them sometime in the future.

Lexember 1
I have added a copula to the language. It is marked by a floating high tone. Usually, verbs in Nakarian agree in person and number with the subject of the phrase. The copula is formed by adding a high tone to the first syllable of the agreement marker.

E.g., /-taŋ˨/ is the 1SG marker. So /taŋ˦/ means "I am".
ixals wrote: 02 Dec 2017 16:03
Shemtov wrote: 01 Dec 2017 21:42"Fire"
Davush wrote: 01 Dec 2017 22:06fire
Yrusia wrote: 02 Dec 2017 07:53fire
DesEsseintes wrote: 02 Dec 2017 11:43fire
If I didn't have a word for fire already, I definitely would have joined you today! [:P]
Well, now I had to add a word for fire, too.

Lexember 2

so - fire, glow, desire from proto-Nakarian *ʂau̯r.
Spoiler:
Actually, this isn't the word for fire. It's the root meaning fire. Nakarian has over a dozen noun classes which double as the main derivational tool in the language. Only by adding class prefixes do you get actual well-formed words.
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gestaltist wrote: 02 Dec 2017 19:43[...]

Lexember 1
I have added a copula to the language. It is marked by a floating high tone. Usually, verbs in Nakarian agree in person and number with the subject of the phrase. The copula is formed by adding a high tone to the first syllable of the agreement marker.

E.g., /-taŋ˨/ is the 1SG marker. So /taŋ˦/ means "I am".[...]
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:con: Lihmelinyan

swénadmi = "I choose, select"

Stem alternates between swénad- and súnad-

sūnadā = "choice, selection"
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Following the temperature theme...
Proto-Takur *hénéo-, cold (adj.)
→ Tōkretū /anœ̂-/
→ U:ku:jéθétá: /hénuː-/
→ Dékrena /hené-/

Proto-Takur *hénéoéq, cold weather/incoming cold
→ U:ku:jéθétá: /hénuːt͡sˈá/ snow
→ Dékrena /héneja/ winter

And some additional developments from yesterday's root
Proto-Takur *dóñéeseté'o, little fire
→ Dékrena /téɲestʰeʔo/ hearth

Proto-Takur *dóñéesed(é), to burn
→ Tōkretū /táɲêːsìt/
→ Dékrena /téɲestehor/ to set on fire
→ Dékrena /téɲestekʰ/ to burn
→ U:ku:jéθétá: /t͡swéŋeːθet/ to burn
→ U:ku:jéθétá /t͡swéŋeːθet͡sé/ to set on fire

(Does anyone know how to add carons and macrons to IPA vowels? I tried on IPA.typeit and it didn't work)
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Yrusia wrote: 02 Dec 2017 21:42 (Does anyone know how to add carons and macrons to IPA vowels? I tried on IPA.typeit and it didn't work)
http://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/

Look at the part with tones.
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Wäjāpu (Day 2):

sasēn /saseːn/ (n.) moon


Example:

Sā sasēn qmūcatasu se?
sā sasēn qmūca-ta-su se
2s.NOM moon see-POT-2s INT
Can you see the moon?
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Shonkasika

day 1. hrädo /hrædo/ n. flake
day 2. jinyohrädo /d͡ʒiɲohrædo/ n. snowflake
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